How To Install python-html5lib on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-html5lib on Ubuntu 20.04. python-html5lib is HTML parser/tokenizer based on the WHATWG HTML5 specification

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-html5lib on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python-html5lib

python-html5lib is:

html5lib is a pure-python library for parsing HTML. It is designed to conform to the HTML 5 specification, which has formalized the error handling algorithms of popular web browsers.

This package contains the Python 2 version of html5lib. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics

There are three methods to install python-html5lib 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-html5lib 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-html5lib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-html5lib

Install python-html5lib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-html5lib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-html5lib

Install python-html5lib 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-html5lib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-html5lib

How To Uninstall python-html5lib on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python-html5lib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-html5lib

Uninstall python-html5lib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-html5lib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-html5lib

Remove python-html5lib Configurations and Data

To remove python-html5lib configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-html5lib

Remove python-html5lib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-html5lib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-html5lib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-html5lib package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.