How To Install python3-widgetsnbextension on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-widgetsnbextension on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-widgetsnbextension is Interactive widgets - Jupyter notebook extension (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-widgetsnbextension

python3-widgetsnbextension is:

Notebooks come alive when interactive widgets are used. Learning becomes an immersive and fun experience. Researchers can easily see how changing inputs to a model impact the results.

This package contains the server-side Jupyter notebook extension as a Python 3 module that may be installed via the notebook.nbextensions executable module.

This package should not be necessary for Debian software to use; instead you should directly use the jupyter-nbextension-jupyter-js-widgets package. It is provided only for compatibility with non-Debian software.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-widgetsnbextension

Install python3-widgetsnbextension Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-widgetsnbextension

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-widgetsnbextension

How To Uninstall python3-widgetsnbextension on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-widgetsnbextension

Uninstall python3-widgetsnbextension And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-widgetsnbextension

Remove python3-widgetsnbextension Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-widgetsnbextension

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

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

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

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Summary

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