How To Install python3-pydrive 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-pydrive on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-pydrive`

python3-pydrive is:

Features of PyDrive

Simplifies OAuth2.0 into just few lines with flexible settings.
Wraps Google Drive API into classes of each resource to make your program more object-oriented.
Helps common operations else than API calls, such as content fetching and pagination control.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pydrive

Install python3-pydrive Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pydrive

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pydrive

How To Uninstall python3-pydrive on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pydrive

Uninstall python3-pydrive And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pydrive

Remove python3-pydrive Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pydrive

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pydrive have the following dependencies:

References

python3-pydrive website

Summary

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