How To Install python3-rarfile on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rarfile on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-rarfile
python3-rarfile is:
This is a Python module for RAR archive reading. The interface is made a zipfile like as possible. It supports both RAR3 and RAR5 archives, multi volumes archives, unicode filenames and password protected archives.
This is the python3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-rarfile 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-rarfile 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-rarfile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rarfile
Install python3-rarfile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-rarfile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rarfile
Install python3-rarfile 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-rarfile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rarfile
How To Uninstall python3-rarfile on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-rarfile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rarfile
Uninstall python3-rarfile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rarfile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rarfile
Remove python3-rarfile Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rarfile configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rarfile
Remove python3-rarfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rarfile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rarfile
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rarfile package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
