How To Install python-all on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-all on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-all
python-all is:
The package currently depends on python2.7, in the future, dependencies on jython (Python2 for a JVM) and ironpython (Python2 for Mono) may be added.
This package is a dependency package used as a build dependency for other packages to avoid hardcoded dependencies on specific Python2 runtimes.
There are three methods to install python-all 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 python-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-all
Install python-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-all
Install python-all 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 python-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-all
How To Uninstall python-all on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-all
Uninstall python-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-all
Remove python-all Configurations and Data
To remove python-all configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-all
Remove python-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-all
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-all package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
