How To Install python3-progressbar 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-progressbar on Ubuntu.
What is python3-progressbar
python3-progressbar is:
A text progress bar is typically used to display the progress of a long running operation, providing a visual cue that processing is underway.
The ProgressBar class manages the current progress, and the format of the line is given by a number of widgets. A widget is an object that may display differently depending on the state of the progress bar. There are three types of widgets:
- a string, which always shows itself
- a ProgressBarWidget, which may return a different value every time its update method is called
- a ProgressBarWidgetHFill, which is like ProgressBarWidget, except it expands to fill the remaining width of the line.
This package contains the Python 3 version of progressbar.
There are three methods to install python3-progressbar 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-progressbar 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-progressbar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-progressbar
Install python3-progressbar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-progressbar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-progressbar
Install python3-progressbar 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-progressbar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-progressbar
How To Uninstall python3-progressbar on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-progressbar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-progressbar
Uninstall python3-progressbar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-progressbar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-progressbar
Remove python3-progressbar Configurations and Data
To remove python3-progressbar configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-progressbar
Remove python3-progressbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-progressbar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-progressbar
Dependencies
python3-progressbar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-progressbar package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.