How To Install python3.8-venv on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3.8-venv
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3.8-venv
python3.8-venv is:
Python is a high-level, interactive, object-oriented language. Its 3.8 version includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics.
This package contains the pyvenv-3.8 binary.
Package: python3.8-venv Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.8.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: allowed Priority: optional Section: universe/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: 27 Depends: python3.8 (= 3.8.2-1ubuntu1), python-pip-whl (>= 8.1.0-2) Breaks: python3-pip (« 1.5.6-4) Filename: pool/universe/p/python3.8/python3.8-venv_3.8.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5292 MD5sum: da65905e8e40b1b35c7fa1fd5ab399a4 SHA1: 1d07194dea8edc170128daf5a9a6867d1dd3ed89 SHA256: b9b19ffcebd6f6238f88362613e364ff9c14d6d015039eaef7d5504b6d1ef0c4 Description-en: Interactive high-level object-oriented language (pyvenv binary, version 3.8) Python is a high-level, interactive, object-oriented language. Its 3.8 version includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics.
This package contains the pyvenv-3.8 binary.
There are three methods to install python3.8-venv
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-venv 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-venv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3.8-venv
Install python3.8-venv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3.8-venv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3.8-venv
Install python3.8-venv 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-venv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3.8-venv
How To Uninstall python3.8-venv on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3.8-venv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3.8-venv
Uninstall python3.8-venv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3.8-venv
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-venv
Remove python3.8-venv Configurations and Data
To remove python3.8-venv
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3.8-venv
Remove python3.8-venv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3.8-venv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3.8-venv
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3.8-venv
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.