How To Install python-usbtc08 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-usbtc08
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-usbtc08
python-usbtc08 is:
libusbtc08 provides a communication API for the USB TC-08 (8 channel thermocouple data logger) provided by Pico Technology.
This package includes a wrapper module to use libusbtc08 from Python.
There are three methods to install python-usbtc08
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-usbtc08 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-usbtc08
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-usbtc08
Install python-usbtc08 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-usbtc08
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-usbtc08
Install python-usbtc08 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-usbtc08
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-usbtc08
How To Uninstall python-usbtc08 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-usbtc08
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-usbtc08
Uninstall python-usbtc08 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-usbtc08
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-usbtc08
Remove python-usbtc08 Configurations and Data
To remove python-usbtc08
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-usbtc08
Remove python-usbtc08 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-usbtc08
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-usbtc08
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-usbtc08
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.