How To Install python3-distutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distutils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-distutils
python3-distutils is:
Distutils package for Python 3.x. This package contains the distutils module from the Python standard library. Task: cloud-image, ubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio
Package: python3-distutils Architecture: all Version: 3.8.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: python Source: python3-stdlib-extensions Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 700 Provides: python3.8-distutils Depends: python3 (>= 3.8.0-1~), python3 (« 3.9), python3-lib2to3 (>= 3.6.4) Breaks: libpython3.6-stdlib (« 3.6.5~rc1-3), libpython3.7-stdlib (« 3.7.0~b2-2), libpython3.8-stdlib (« 3.8.0~b2-5) Replaces: libpython3.6-stdlib (« 3.6.4~rc1-2), libpython3.7-stdlib (« 3.7.0~a3-2) Filename: pool/main/p/python3-stdlib-extensions/python3-distutils_3.8.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 139720 MD5sum: 076560a441e8db04a20cb12fb7056734 SHA1: 3659cd4a21ef93c0493eda92ba165605fcc7d2e3 SHA256: 4eececec9b67380613b421f4002d4a538694108ab9f94f91733b6beef037eb8c Description-en: distutils package for Python 3.x Distutils package for Python 3.x. This package contains the distutils module from the Python standard library. Task: cloud-image, ubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install python3-distutils
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 python3-distutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-distutils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-distutils
Install python3-distutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-distutils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-distutils
Install python3-distutils 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 python3-distutils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-distutils
How To Uninstall python3-distutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-distutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-distutils
Uninstall python3-distutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-distutils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-distutils
Remove python3-distutils Configurations and Data
To remove python3-distutils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-distutils
Remove python3-distutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-distutils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-distutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distutils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.