How To Install python-bz2file on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bz2file on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-bz2file
python-bz2file is:
Bz2file is a Python library for reading and writing bzip2-compressed files.
It contains a drop-in replacement for the file interface in the standard library’s bz2 module, including features from the latest development version of CPython that are not available in older releases.
Bz2file for Python2.
There are three methods to install python-bz2file 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-bz2file 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-bz2file using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bz2file
Install python-bz2file Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bz2file using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bz2file
Install python-bz2file 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-bz2file using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bz2file
How To Uninstall python-bz2file on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-bz2file package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bz2file
Uninstall python-bz2file And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bz2file and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bz2file
Remove python-bz2file Configurations and Data
To remove python-bz2file configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bz2file
Remove python-bz2file configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bz2file configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bz2file
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bz2file package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
