How To Install python3-mwclient 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-mwclient on Ubuntu.
What is python3-mwclient
python3-mwclient is:
mwclient is a lightweight Python client library to the MediaWiki API which provides access to most API functionality. It works with Python 2.7, 3.3 and above, and supports MediaWiki 1.16 and above. For functions not available in the current MediaWiki, a MediaWikiVersionError is raised.
Most properties and generators accept the same parameters as the API, without their two-letter prefix. Exceptions to this rule:
- Image.imageinfo is the imageinfo of the latest image. Earlier versions can be fetched using imagehistory()
- Site.all*: parameter [ap]from renamed to start
- categorymembers is implemented as Category.members
- deletedrevs is deletedrevisions
- usercontribs is usercontributions
- First parameters of search and usercontributions are search and user respectively
Properties and generators are implemented as Python generators. Their limit parameter is only an indication of the number of items in one chunk. It is not the total limit. Doing list(generator(limit = limit)) will return ALL items of generator, and not be limited by the limit value. Default chunk size is generally the maximum chunk size.
There are three methods to install python3-mwclient 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-mwclient 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-mwclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-mwclient
Install python3-mwclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-mwclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-mwclient
Install python3-mwclient 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-mwclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-mwclient
How To Uninstall python3-mwclient on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-mwclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-mwclient
Uninstall python3-mwclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-mwclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mwclient
Remove python3-mwclient Configurations and Data
To remove python3-mwclient configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mwclient
Remove python3-mwclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-mwclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mwclient
Dependencies
python3-mwclient have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mwclient package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.