How To Install python3-qtile on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-qtile
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-qtile
python3-qtile is:
Qtile is:
- simple, small and extensible. It’s easy to write your own layouts, widgets and built-in commands.
- configured entirely in Python.
- command-line shell that allows all aspects of Qtile to be manipulated and inspected.
- complete remote scriptability - write scripts to set up workspaces, manipulate windows, update status bar widgets and more.
- unit tested. Qtile’s scriptability has made thorough unit testing possible, making it one of the best-tested window managers around.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-qtile
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-qtile Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-qtile
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-qtile
Install python3-qtile Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-qtile
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-qtile
Install python3-qtile Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-qtile
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-qtile
How To Uninstall python3-qtile on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-qtile
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-qtile
Uninstall python3-qtile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-qtile
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-qtile
Remove python3-qtile Configurations and Data
To remove python3-qtile
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-qtile
Remove python3-qtile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-qtile
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-qtile
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-qtile
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.