How To Install python3-software-properties on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-software-properties on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-software-properties
python3-software-properties is:
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: python3-software-properties Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 148 Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Architecture: all Source: software-properties Version: 0.98.9.3 Depends: gpg, iso-codes, lsb-release, python3, python3-apt (>= 0.6.20ubuntu16), python3-gi, python3:any Recommends: unattended-upgrades Description-en: manage the repositories that you install software from This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.
Package: python3-software-properties Architecture: all Version: 0.98.9.2 Priority: optional Section: python Source: software-properties Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 148 Depends: gpg, iso-codes, lsb-release, python3, python3-apt (>= 0.6.20ubuntu16), python3-gi, python3:any Recommends: unattended-upgrades Filename: pool/main/s/software-properties/python3-software-properties_0.98.9.2_all.deb Size: 25228 MD5sum: c23ea13462a4c5e91a68b60da160d878 SHA1: c8e701f5ab2e154c66e4a0e9815297cb7e9b639e SHA256: 81a147a66d6a1334ad85027ff05c51bd011500b56f4f4f150ac9869f42bed5f2 SHA512: 9097c774853b5597c9d755a0bb85fcce628bb3cf15c40db0360b622ce6ed39a2e55bfc3aadd49720f2c4eb405106454923a13798d153a547e6e93f0edb521899 Description-en: manage the repositories that you install software from This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: python3-software-properties Architecture: all Version: 0.98.9 Priority: optional Section: python Source: software-properties Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Michael Vogt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 148 Depends: gpg, iso-codes, lsb-release, python3, python3-apt (>= 0.6.20ubuntu16), python3-gi, python3:any Recommends: unattended-upgrades Filename: pool/main/s/software-properties/python3-software-properties_0.98.9_all.deb Size: 25324 MD5sum: 4c6851ac15a3a356cb55b819e12d161d SHA1: 849dfed9ee447b6be1bab3b273b1132b40b30271 SHA256: 08a09cccbfe7a038e4ac4c404efdbe0bd0474e20972cd3ec9af5123fa14f88ee Description-en: manage the repositories that you install software from This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install python3-software-properties 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-software-properties 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-software-properties using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-software-properties
Install python3-software-properties Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-software-properties using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-software-properties
Install python3-software-properties 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-software-properties using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-software-properties
How To Uninstall python3-software-properties on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-software-properties package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-software-properties
Uninstall python3-software-properties And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-software-properties and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-software-properties
Remove python3-software-properties Configurations and Data
To remove python3-software-properties configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-software-properties
Remove python3-software-properties configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-software-properties configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-software-properties
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-software-properties package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
