How To Install pymappergui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pymappergui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pymappergui
pymappergui is:
pyMapperGUI is a Graphical User Interface for libmapper
libmapper is a cross-platform software library for declaring data signals on a shared network and enabling arbitrary connections to be made between them. It creates a distributed mapping system/network, with no central points of failure, the potential for tight collaboration and easy parallelization of media synthesis.
There are three methods to install pymappergui on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pymappergui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pymappergui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pymappergui
Install pymappergui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pymappergui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pymappergui
Install pymappergui 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 pymappergui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pymappergui
How To Uninstall pymappergui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pymappergui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pymappergui
Uninstall pymappergui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pymappergui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pymappergui
Remove pymappergui Configurations and Data
To remove pymappergui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pymappergui
Remove pymappergui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pymappergui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pymappergui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pymappergui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
