How To Install python2.7-examples on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2.7-examples on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python2.7-examples
python2.7-examples is:
Examples, Demos and Tools for Python (v2.7). These are files included in the upstream Python distribution (v2.7).
Package: python2.7-examples Architecture: all Version: 2.7.18~rc1-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: python2.7 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2919 Depends: python2.7:any (>= 2.7.18~rc1-2) Filename: pool/universe/p/python2.7/python2.7-examples_2.7.18~rc1-2_all.deb Size: 655644 MD5sum: 26550b578dd1170939ce4558f6d0c73e SHA1: 4669845dfabc2b8476e64329052101ed5c484e37 SHA256: de134e646f8570e74e1087beed23c2d0462c97524e89290a04f887b32ad189b4 Description-en: Examples for the Python language (v2.7) Examples, Demos and Tools for Python (v2.7). These are files included in the upstream Python distribution (v2.7).
There are three methods to install python2.7-examples 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 python2.7-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python2.7-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python2.7-examples
Install python2.7-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python2.7-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python2.7-examples
Install python2.7-examples 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 python2.7-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python2.7-examples
How To Uninstall python2.7-examples on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python2.7-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python2.7-examples
Uninstall python2.7-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python2.7-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python2.7-examples
Remove python2.7-examples Configurations and Data
To remove python2.7-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python2.7-examples
Remove python2.7-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python2.7-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python2.7-examples
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2.7-examples package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.