How To Install python-attr on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-attr on Ubuntu 20.04. python-attr is Attributes without boilerplate (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-attr on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python-attr

python-attr is:

attrs is an MIT-licensed Python package with class decorators that ease the chores of implementing the most common attribute-related object protocols.

You just specify the attributes to work with and attrs gives you:

  • a nice human-readable repr,
  • a complete set of comparison methods,
  • an initializer,
  • and much more without writing dull boilerplate code again and again.

This package contains attrs packaged for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-attr on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-attr Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-attr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-attr

Install python-attr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-attr

Install python-attr 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 python-attr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-attr

How To Uninstall python-attr on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python-attr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-attr

Uninstall python-attr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-attr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-attr

Remove python-attr Configurations and Data

To remove python-attr configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-attr

Remove python-attr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-attr

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-attr package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.