How To Install python3-telethon 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-telethon on Ubuntu.
What is python3-telethon
python3-telethon is:
Telethon is an asyncio Python 3 MTProto library to interact with Telegram’s API as a user or through a bot account (bot API alternative).
Telegram is a popular messaging application. This library is meant to make it easy for you to write Python programs that can interact with Telegram. Think of it as a wrapper that has already done the heavy job for you, so you can focus on developing an application.
There are three methods to install python3-telethon 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-telethon 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-telethon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-telethon
Install python3-telethon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-telethon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-telethon
Install python3-telethon 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-telethon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-telethon
How To Uninstall python3-telethon on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-telethon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-telethon
Uninstall python3-telethon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-telethon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-telethon
Remove python3-telethon Configurations and Data
To remove python3-telethon configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-telethon
Remove python3-telethon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-telethon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-telethon
Dependencies
python3-telethon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-telethon package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.