How To Install python3-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-tmdbsimple is Wrapper for The Movie Database API (Python3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-tmdbsimple

python3-tmdbsimple is:

tmdbsimple is a wrapper, written in Python, for The Movie Database (TMDb) API v3. By calling the functions available in tmdbsimple one can simplify their code and easily access a vast amount of movie, tv, and cast data.

Features:

  • One-to-one mapping between tmdbsimple functions and TMDb methods.
  • Implements all TMDb methods, including Accounts and Authentication.
  • Implements new TV features.
  • Easy to access data using Python class attributes.
  • Easy to experiment with tmdbsimple functions inside the Python interpreter.

An API key is required to interact with the API endpoint.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-tmdbsimple 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-tmdbsimple 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-tmdbsimple using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tmdbsimple

Install python3-tmdbsimple Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-tmdbsimple using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-tmdbsimple

Install python3-tmdbsimple 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-tmdbsimple using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tmdbsimple

How To Uninstall python3-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-tmdbsimple package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-tmdbsimple

Uninstall python3-tmdbsimple And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-tmdbsimple and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tmdbsimple

Remove python3-tmdbsimple Configurations and Data

To remove python3-tmdbsimple configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tmdbsimple

Remove python3-tmdbsimple configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-tmdbsimple configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-tmdbsimple

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tmdbsimple package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.