How To Install libpython2.7-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython2.7-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpython2.7-minimal
libpython2.7-minimal is:
This package contains some essential modules. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python2.7-minimal. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: libpython2.7-minimal Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.7.18~rc1-2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/python 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: 2781 Recommends: libpython2.7-stdlib Conflicts: binfmt-support (« 1.1.2) Breaks: python2.7-minimal (« 2.7.4~rc1-1~) Replaces: libpython2.7-stdlib (« 2.7.8-7), python2.7 (« 2.7.4-2), python2.7-minimal (« 2.7.3-10) Filename: pool/universe/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.18~rc1-2_amd64.deb Size: 335192 MD5sum: da3af04961cd746c599b0213ee69b4d3 SHA1: a83c63bd90ffc1c67b34d8387b8b43d78dc424f7 SHA256: 56cb711ba1527a0c35fb9330db657045886bd073f6673e45f107088ab086f055 Description-en: Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7) This package contains some essential modules. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python2.7-minimal. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
There are three methods to install libpython2.7-minimal 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-minimal 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-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpython2.7-minimal
Install libpython2.7-minimal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpython2.7-minimal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpython2.7-minimal
Install libpython2.7-minimal 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-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpython2.7-minimal
How To Uninstall libpython2.7-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpython2.7-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpython2.7-minimal
Uninstall libpython2.7-minimal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpython2.7-minimal 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-minimal
Remove libpython2.7-minimal Configurations and Data
To remove libpython2.7-minimal configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpython2.7-minimal
Remove libpython2.7-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpython2.7-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpython2.7-minimal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython2.7-minimal package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
