How To Install python3-watson-developer-cloud on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-watson-developer-cloud on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-watson-developer-cloud is Python client library to use the IBM Watson Services (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-watson-developer-cloud on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-watson-developer-cloud

python3-watson-developer-cloud is:

Python client library to quickly interface with various IBM Watson Cloud services. It requires Watson Service Credentials.

The services supported are:

  • AlchemyAPI Language service
  • AlchemyAPI Vision service
  • AlchemyData News service
  • Conversation service
  • Document Conversion service
  • Language Translation service
  • Language Translator service
  • Natural Language Classifier service
  • Personality Insights service
  • Retrieve and Rank service
  • Speech to Text service
  • Text to Speech service
  • Tone Analyzer service
  • Tradeoff Analytics service
  • Visual Recognition service

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-watson-developer-cloud

Install python3-watson-developer-cloud Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-watson-developer-cloud

Install python3-watson-developer-cloud 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-watson-developer-cloud using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-watson-developer-cloud

How To Uninstall python3-watson-developer-cloud on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-watson-developer-cloud package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-watson-developer-cloud

Uninstall python3-watson-developer-cloud And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-watson-developer-cloud

Remove python3-watson-developer-cloud Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-watson-developer-cloud

Remove python3-watson-developer-cloud configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-watson-developer-cloud

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Summary

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