How To Install python3-glue on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is `python3-glue`

python3-glue is:

python3-glue is a Python library for data interaction, it blurs the boundary between GUI-centric and code-centric data exploration. There are many ways to leverage Glue from Python. Among other things, you can write code to do the following:

Send data in the form of NumPy arrays or Pandas DataFrames to Glue for exploration.
Write startup scripts that automatically load and clean data, before starting Glue.
Write custom functions to parse files, and plug these functions into the Glue GUI.
Write custom functions to link datasets, and plug these into the Glue GUI.
Create your own visualization modules.

There are three methods to install python3-glue on Ubuntu. 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-glue 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-glue using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-glue

Install python3-glue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-glue

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-glue

How To Uninstall python3-glue on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-glue

Uninstall python3-glue And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-glue

Remove python3-glue Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-glue

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-glue have the following dependencies:

References

python3-glue website

Summary

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