How To Install libpython2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpython2.7-dev
libpython2.7-dev is:
Header files, a static library and development tools for building Python (v2.7) modules, extending the Python interpreter or embedding Python (v2.7) in applications.
Maintainers of Python packages should read README.maintainers.
This package contains development files. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python2.7-dev.
Package: libpython2.7-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.7.18~rc1-2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: python2.7 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 13499 Depends: libpython2.7-stdlib (= 2.7.18~rc1-2), libpython2.7 (= 2.7.18~rc1-2), libexpat1-dev Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev Replaces: python2.7 (« 2.7-3), python2.7-dev (« 2.7.3-10), python2.7-minimal (« 2.7.3-10) Filename: pool/universe/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-dev_2.7.18~rc1-2_amd64.deb Size: 2473048 MD5sum: e5e3673ff7a27fb8b5b5458773931f9c SHA1: 25dc1145a24eb69a635e857b1cf926933a208acc SHA256: a06aa155506fe939e9790a17cf9d993729dafe43d096f57892117a0a96369f0d Description-en: Header files and a static library for Python (v2.7) Header files, a static library and development tools for building Python (v2.7) modules, extending the Python interpreter or embedding Python (v2.7) in applications.
Maintainers of Python packages should read README.maintainers.
This package contains development files. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python2.7-dev.
There are three methods to install libpython2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpython2.7-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpython2.7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpython2.7-dev
Install libpython2.7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpython2.7-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpython2.7-dev
Install libpython2.7-dev 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 libpython2.7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpython2.7-dev
How To Uninstall libpython2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpython2.7-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpython2.7-dev
Uninstall libpython2.7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpython2.7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpython2.7-dev
Remove libpython2.7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpython2.7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpython2.7-dev
Remove libpython2.7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpython2.7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpython2.7-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython2.7-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
