How to Install and Uninstall python-levenshtein Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "python-levenshtein" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install python-levenshtein on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python-levenshtein
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python-levenshtein" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall python-levenshtein on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python-levenshtein
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-levenshtein package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-levenshtein
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 128
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.12.0-2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7~), python-pkg-resources, python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-levenshtein/python-levenshtein_0.12.0-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 35674
MD5sum: 35fe3c9eb0f975000362401497d8d726
SHA1: 40e14c2d4deaacadda9437db571ea446c77f1502
SHA256: d3318e3746df813bdb1165f89dbb6c779aecceef31061698597d6673394700a5
Description-en: extension for computing string similarities and edit distances
The Levenshtein module computes Levenshtein distances, similarity ratios,
generalized medians and set medians of Unicode or non-Unicode strings.
Because it's implemented in C, it's much faster than the corresponding
Python library functions and methods.
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The Levenshtein distance is the minimum number of single-character
insertions, deletions, and substitutions to transform one string into
another.
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It is useful for spell checking, or fuzzy matching of gettext messages.
Description-md5: f6a80eead5af052eaf46d03c0d4b95fd
Homepage: https://github.com/ztane/python-Levenshtein
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m