How To Install python3-humanfriendly on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-humanfriendly on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-humanfriendly is Python3 library to make user friendly text interfaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-humanfriendly on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python3-humanfriendly

python3-humanfriendly is:

A Python3 library that can be used to make text interfaces more user friendly. It provides parsing and formatting numbers, file sizes, pathnames and timespans in simple human friendly formats. It provides easy to use timers for long running operations, prompts for selecting a choice from a list of options by typing the option’s number or a unique substring of the option, and terminal interaction including text styling (ANSI escape sequences), user friendly rendering of usage messages and querying the terminal for its size.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-humanfriendly 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 python3-humanfriendly 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-humanfriendly using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-humanfriendly

Install python3-humanfriendly Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-humanfriendly using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-humanfriendly

Install python3-humanfriendly 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-humanfriendly using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-humanfriendly

How To Uninstall python3-humanfriendly on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python3-humanfriendly package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-humanfriendly

Uninstall python3-humanfriendly And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-humanfriendly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-humanfriendly

Remove python3-humanfriendly Configurations and Data

To remove python3-humanfriendly configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-humanfriendly

Remove python3-humanfriendly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-humanfriendly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-humanfriendly

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-humanfriendly package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.