How To Install python3-ledger 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-ledger on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-ledger`

python3-ledger is:

Ledger is a powerful and flexible double-entry accounting system run entirely from the command line. Your accounts ledger is stored in one or more plain-text files with a very simple and readable format, and ledger does the hard work of balancing your books and reporting.

This package provides the python3 module

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ledger

Install python3-ledger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ledger

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ledger

How To Uninstall python3-ledger on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ledger

Uninstall python3-ledger And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ledger

Remove python3-ledger Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ledger

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-ledger have the following dependencies:

References

python3-ledger website

Summary

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