How To Install python-backports.weakref on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports.weakref on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-backports.weakref
python-backports.weakref is:
This package provides backports of new features in Python’s weakref module under the backports namespace.
This package provides the Python 2 version of the module.
There are three methods to install python-backports.weakref 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 python-backports.weakref 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-backports.weakref using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-backports.weakref
Install python-backports.weakref Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-backports.weakref using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-backports.weakref
Install python-backports.weakref 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-backports.weakref using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-backports.weakref
How To Uninstall python-backports.weakref on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-backports.weakref package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-backports.weakref
Uninstall python-backports.weakref And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-backports.weakref and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-backports.weakref
Remove python-backports.weakref Configurations and Data
To remove python-backports.weakref configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-backports.weakref
Remove python-backports.weakref configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-backports.weakref configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-backports.weakref
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports.weakref package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
