How To Install python-lxml on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxml on Ubuntu 20.04. python-lxml is pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries

Introduction

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

What is python-lxml

python-lxml is:

lxml is a new Python binding for libxml2 and libxslt, completely independent from existing Python bindings. Its aim:

  • Pythonic API.
  • Documented.
  • Use Python unicode strings in API.
  • Safe (no segfaults).
  • No manual memory management!

lxml aims to provide a Pythonic API by following as much as possible the ElementTree API, trying to avoid inventing too many new APIs, or the user’s having to learn new things – XML is complicated enough. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics

Package: python-lxml Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.5.0-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: lxml Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5602 Provides: python2.7-lxml Depends: python2 (« 2.8), python2 (>= 2.7~), python2:any (« 2.8), python2:any (>= 2.7~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libxml2 (>= 2.9.0), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.26) Recommends: python-bs4, python-html5lib Suggests: python-lxml-dbg, python-lxml-doc Filename: pool/universe/l/lxml/python-lxml_4.5.0-1_amd64.deb Size: 950692 MD5sum: 52b250241a537581131d5bcf670c88ae SHA1: a66153b0274b4f8207113e2698aeb21e0bc7c098 SHA256: 80ce104a4c12030dda685fcd5b9b6ae343a3d983f8ff1208ee821d32ffe5adf8 Homepage: http://lxml.de/ Description-en: pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries lxml is a new Python binding for libxml2 and libxslt, completely independent from existing Python bindings. Its aim:

  • Pythonic API.
  • Documented.
  • Use Python unicode strings in API.
  • Safe (no segfaults).
  • No manual memory management!

lxml aims to provide a Pythonic API by following as much as possible the ElementTree API, trying to avoid inventing too many new APIs, or the user’s having to learn new things – XML is complicated enough. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-lxml

Install python-lxml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-lxml

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-lxml

How To Uninstall python-lxml on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-lxml

Uninstall python-lxml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lxml

Remove python-lxml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-lxml

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

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

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

References

Summary

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