How To Install python-hdf5storage on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-hdf5storage on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-hdf5storage
python-hdf5storage is:
This package provides high level utilities to read/write a variety of Python types to/from HDF5 (Heirarchal Data Format) formatted files. This package also provides support for MATLAB MAT v7.3 formatted files, which are just HDF5 files with a different extension and some extra meta-data.
This package provides hdf5storage for the Python 2 interpreter.
There are three methods to install python-hdf5storage 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-hdf5storage 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-hdf5storage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-hdf5storage
Install python-hdf5storage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-hdf5storage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-hdf5storage
Install python-hdf5storage 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-hdf5storage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-hdf5storage
How To Uninstall python-hdf5storage on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-hdf5storage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-hdf5storage
Uninstall python-hdf5storage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-hdf5storage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-hdf5storage
Remove python-hdf5storage Configurations and Data
To remove python-hdf5storage configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-hdf5storage
Remove python-hdf5storage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-hdf5storage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-hdf5storage
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-hdf5storage package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
