How To Install python3-terminaltables on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-terminaltables on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-terminaltables
python3-terminaltables is:
Easily draw tables in terminal/console applications from a list of lists of strings.
Supports: multi-line rows, table titles, POSIX and Windows, Wide CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) characters are displayed correctly, RTL Arabic and Hebrew characters are aligned correctly, alignment and justification. Colored text is supported through colorclass, colorama, termcolor, or just plain ANSI escape codes.
This package provides the Python 3 module.
There are three methods to install python3-terminaltables 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-terminaltables 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-terminaltables using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-terminaltables
Install python3-terminaltables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-terminaltables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-terminaltables
Install python3-terminaltables 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-terminaltables using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-terminaltables
How To Uninstall python3-terminaltables on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-terminaltables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-terminaltables
Uninstall python3-terminaltables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-terminaltables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-terminaltables
Remove python3-terminaltables Configurations and Data
To remove python3-terminaltables configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-terminaltables
Remove python3-terminaltables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-terminaltables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-terminaltables
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-terminaltables package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
