How To Install python-ptyprocess on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ptyprocess on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-ptyprocess
python-ptyprocess is:
Launch a subprocess in a pseudo terminal (pty), and interact with both the process and its pty.
Sometimes, piping stdin and stdout is not enough. There might be a password prompt that doesn’t read from stdin, output that changes when it’s going to a pipe rather than a terminal, or curses-style interfaces that rely on a terminal. If you need to automate these things, running the process in a pseudo terminal (pty) is the answer.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-ptyprocess on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-ptyprocess 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-ptyprocess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ptyprocess
Install python-ptyprocess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ptyprocess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ptyprocess
Install python-ptyprocess 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-ptyprocess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ptyprocess
How To Uninstall python-ptyprocess on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-ptyprocess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ptyprocess
Uninstall python-ptyprocess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ptyprocess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ptyprocess
Remove python-ptyprocess Configurations and Data
To remove python-ptyprocess configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ptyprocess
Remove python-ptyprocess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ptyprocess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ptyprocess
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ptyprocess package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
