How To Install python-docutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-docutils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-docutils
python-docutils is:
reStructuredText is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax and parser system. It is useful for in-line program documentation (such as Python docstrings), for quickly creating simple web pages, and for standalone documents.
The purpose of the Docutils project is to create a set of tools for processing reStructuredText documentation into useful formats, such as HTML, LaTeX, ODT or Unix manpages.
This package includes Python 2 modules and command line utilities.
There are three methods to install python-docutils 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-docutils 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-docutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-docutils
Install python-docutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-docutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-docutils
Install python-docutils 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-docutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-docutils
How To Uninstall python-docutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-docutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-docutils
Uninstall python-docutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-docutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-docutils
Remove python-docutils Configurations and Data
To remove python-docutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-docutils
Remove python-docutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-docutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-docutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-docutils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
