How To Install python3.8-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3.8-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3.8-minimal
python3.8-minimal is:
This package contains the interpreter and some essential modules. It can be used in the boot process for some basic tasks. See /usr/share/doc/python3.8-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules contained in this package. Task: minimal, ubuntu-core Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: python3.8
Package: python3.8-minimal Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.8.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: allowed Priority: important Section: python Source: python3.8 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5453 Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29) Depends: libpython3.8-minimal (= 3.8.2-1ubuntu1), libexpat1 (>= 2.1~beta3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) Recommends: python3.8 Suggests: binfmt-support Conflicts: binfmt-support (« 1.1.2) Filename: pool/main/p/python3.8/python3.8-minimal_3.8.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1896832 MD5sum: a5fa297f1594085c9ba4badb27d2db87 SHA1: 7b415917627c470174c5616f5c0cc5007f096451 SHA256: b3f1fe647f9af294a184449845ea7f9b5f144c7e9fbfc8b7daf77288af86f131 Description-en: Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.8) This package contains the interpreter and some essential modules. It can be used in the boot process for some basic tasks. See /usr/share/doc/python3.8-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules contained in this package. Task: minimal, ubuntu-core Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: python3.8
There are three methods to install python3.8-minimal 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 python3.8-minimal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3.8-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3.8-minimal
Install python3.8-minimal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3.8-minimal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3.8-minimal
Install python3.8-minimal 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 python3.8-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3.8-minimal
How To Uninstall python3.8-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3.8-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3.8-minimal
Uninstall python3.8-minimal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3.8-minimal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3.8-minimal
Remove python3.8-minimal Configurations and Data
To remove python3.8-minimal configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3.8-minimal
Remove python3.8-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3.8-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3.8-minimal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3.8-minimal package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
