How To Install python3-pyinsane on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyinsane
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-pyinsane
python3-pyinsane is:
Python library to access and use image scanners using sane. It supports: flatbed, automatic document feeder, while scanning, can provide chunks of the image for on-the-fly preview
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pyinsane
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-pyinsane 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-pyinsane
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyinsane
Install python3-pyinsane Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyinsane
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pyinsane
Install python3-pyinsane 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-pyinsane
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyinsane
How To Uninstall python3-pyinsane on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-pyinsane
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pyinsane
Uninstall python3-pyinsane And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pyinsane
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyinsane
Remove python3-pyinsane Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pyinsane
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyinsane
Remove python3-pyinsane configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pyinsane
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyinsane
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyinsane
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.