How To Install python3-xhtml2pdf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xhtml2pdf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-xhtml2pdf
python3-xhtml2pdf is:
xhtml2pdf is a html2pdf converter using the ReportLab Toolkit, the HTML5lib and pyPdf. It supports HTML 5 and CSS 2.1 (and some of CSS 3). It is completely written in pure Python so it is platform independent.
The main benefit of this tool that a user with Web skills like HTML and CSS is able to generate PDF templates very quickly without learning new technologies.
xhtml2pdf was previously developed as “pisa”.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-xhtml2pdf 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-xhtml2pdf 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-xhtml2pdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-xhtml2pdf
Install python3-xhtml2pdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-xhtml2pdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-xhtml2pdf
Install python3-xhtml2pdf 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-xhtml2pdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-xhtml2pdf
How To Uninstall python3-xhtml2pdf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-xhtml2pdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-xhtml2pdf
Uninstall python3-xhtml2pdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-xhtml2pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xhtml2pdf
Remove python3-xhtml2pdf Configurations and Data
To remove python3-xhtml2pdf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xhtml2pdf
Remove python3-xhtml2pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-xhtml2pdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-xhtml2pdf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xhtml2pdf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
