.. _spkg_wcwidth:

wcwidth: Measures the displayed width of unicode strings in a terminal
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Description
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Measures the displayed width of unicode strings in a terminal

License
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MIT

Upstream Contact
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https://pypi.org/project/wcwidth/


Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    0.2.5

install-requires.txt::

    wcwidth >=0.1.7


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install wcwidth


macports:
install the following packages: py-wcwidth

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install python3-wcwidth


void:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo xbps-install  python3-wcwidth


See https://repology.org/project/wcwidth/versions, https://repology.org/project/python:wcwidth/versions


However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see :trac:`29023`