How To Install python3-iowait on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-iowait on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-iowait
python3-iowait is:
Different operating systems provide different ways to wait for I/O completion events: there’s select(), poll(), epoll() and kqueue(). For cross-platform applications it can be a pain to support all this system functions, especially because each one provides a different interface.
IOWait solves this problem by providing a unified interface and using always the best and faster function available in the platform. Its only limitation is that, on Windows, it only works for sockets.
This package provides the module for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-iowait 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-iowait 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-iowait using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-iowait
Install python3-iowait Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-iowait using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-iowait
Install python3-iowait 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-iowait using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-iowait
How To Uninstall python3-iowait on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-iowait package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-iowait
Uninstall python3-iowait And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-iowait and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-iowait
Remove python3-iowait Configurations and Data
To remove python3-iowait configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-iowait
Remove python3-iowait configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-iowait configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-iowait
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-iowait package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.