How To Install python3-tweepy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tweepy
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-tweepy
python3-tweepy is:
Tweepy is a Twitter and Identi.ca library for Python that can be used in desktop and web applications. It has the following features:
- OAuth support
- Covers the entire Twitter API
- Streaming API support
- Cache system (memory, file)
- Easy to use
This package is for Python3.
There are three methods to install python3-tweepy
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-tweepy 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-tweepy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-tweepy
Install python3-tweepy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-tweepy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-tweepy
Install python3-tweepy 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-tweepy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-tweepy
How To Uninstall python3-tweepy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-tweepy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-tweepy
Uninstall python3-tweepy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-tweepy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tweepy
Remove python3-tweepy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-tweepy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tweepy
Remove python3-tweepy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-tweepy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-tweepy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tweepy
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.