How To Install python-gccjit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gccjit
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gccjit
python-gccjit is:
The bindings support both CPython 2 and CPython 3 (using Cython).
Note that both libgccjit and the bindings are of “Alpha” quality; the APIs are not yet set in stone, and they shouldn’t be used in production yet.
There are three methods to install python-gccjit
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-gccjit 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-gccjit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gccjit
Install python-gccjit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gccjit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gccjit
Install python-gccjit 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-gccjit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gccjit
How To Uninstall python-gccjit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gccjit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gccjit
Uninstall python-gccjit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gccjit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gccjit
Remove python-gccjit Configurations and Data
To remove python-gccjit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gccjit
Remove python-gccjit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gccjit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gccjit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gccjit
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.