How To Install python3-unidiff on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-unidiff on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-unidiff is Unified diff Python parsing/metadata extraction library (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-unidiff

python3-unidiff is:

Simple Python library to parse and interact with unified diff data

Python’s standard library has a difflib module which generates diffs, but cannot read or apply existing patch files. This module can do that.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-unidiff

Install python3-unidiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-unidiff

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-unidiff

How To Uninstall python3-unidiff on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-unidiff

Uninstall python3-unidiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-unidiff

Remove python3-unidiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-unidiff

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

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

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

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Summary

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