How To Install python3-installer on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-installer
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-installer
python3-installer is:
“installer” is a low-level library for installing a Python package from a wheel distribution; the wheel is the basic unit of Python module distribution to end users. It provides basic functionality and abstractions for handling wheels and installing packages from wheels, including:
- Logic for “unpacking” a wheel (i.e. installation).
- Abstractions for various parts of the unpacking process.
- Extensible simple implementations of the abstractions.
- Platform-independent Python script wrapper generation.
There are three methods to install python3-installer
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-installer 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-installer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-installer
Install python3-installer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-installer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-installer
Install python3-installer 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-installer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-installer
How To Uninstall python3-installer on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-installer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-installer
Uninstall python3-installer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-installer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-installer
Remove python3-installer Configurations and Data
To remove python3-installer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-installer
Remove python3-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-installer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-installer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-installer
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.