How To Install python-bitarray on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bitarray on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-bitarray
python-bitarray is:
The bitarry module provides an object type which efficiently represents an array of booleans. Bitarrays are sequence types and behave very much like usual lists. Eight bits are represented by one byte in contiguous block of memory. The user can select between two representations; little-endian and big-endian.
Most of the functionality is implemented in C. Methods for accessing the machine representation are provided. This can be useful when bit level access to binary files is required, such as portable bitmap image files (.pbm). Also, when dealing with compressed data which uses variable bit length encoding, you may find this module useful.
There are three methods to install python-bitarray 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-bitarray 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-bitarray using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bitarray
Install python-bitarray Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bitarray using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bitarray
Install python-bitarray 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-bitarray using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bitarray
How To Uninstall python-bitarray on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-bitarray package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bitarray
Uninstall python-bitarray And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bitarray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bitarray
Remove python-bitarray Configurations and Data
To remove python-bitarray configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bitarray
Remove python-bitarray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bitarray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bitarray
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bitarray package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
