How To Install python-serial on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-serial
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-serial
python-serial is:
This module encapsulates the access for the serial port. It provides back-ends for standard Python running on Windows, Linux, BSD (possibly any POSIX compliant system). The module named “serial” automatically selects the appropriate back-end.
There are three methods to install python-serial
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-serial 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-serial
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-serial
Install python-serial Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-serial
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-serial
Install python-serial 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-serial
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-serial
How To Uninstall python-serial on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-serial
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-serial
Uninstall python-serial And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-serial
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-serial
Remove python-serial Configurations and Data
To remove python-serial
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-serial
Remove python-serial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-serial
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-serial
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-serial
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.