How To Install python3-rgpio on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rgpio on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-rgpio
python3-rgpio is:
The rgpio library is a fully featured library for controlling the GPIO pins of a computer via the rpgiod daemon. It includes facilities for software PWM, callbacks on level change, I2C, SPI, and UART wrappers. The daemon also provides file handling, script and network facilities.
This package contains the Python 3 bindings for librgpio.
There are three methods to install python3-rgpio 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-rgpio 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-rgpio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rgpio
Install python3-rgpio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-rgpio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rgpio
Install python3-rgpio 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-rgpio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rgpio
How To Uninstall python3-rgpio on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-rgpio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rgpio
Uninstall python3-rgpio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rgpio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rgpio
Remove python3-rgpio Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rgpio configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rgpio
Remove python3-rgpio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rgpio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rgpio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rgpio package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
