How To Install python3-platformdirs 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-platformdirs on Ubuntu.
What is python3-platformdirs
python3-platformdirs is:
Depending on your system (Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows), you have to use different directories for storing user data. platformdirs will help you choose an appropriate:
- user data directory (user_data_dir function)
- user config directory (user_config_dir function)
- user cache directory (user_cache_dir function)
- site data directory (site_data_dir function)
- site config directory (site_config_dir function)
- user log directory (user_log_dir function)
On Linux systems, these function return directories based on the XDG Base Directory Specification.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-platformdirs 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-platformdirs 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-platformdirs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-platformdirs
Install python3-platformdirs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-platformdirs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-platformdirs
Install python3-platformdirs 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-platformdirs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-platformdirs
How To Uninstall python3-platformdirs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-platformdirs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-platformdirs
Uninstall python3-platformdirs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-platformdirs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-platformdirs
Remove python3-platformdirs Configurations and Data
To remove python3-platformdirs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-platformdirs
Remove python3-platformdirs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-platformdirs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-platformdirs
Dependencies
python3-platformdirs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-platformdirs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.