How To Install ipython3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipython3
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ipython3
ipython3 is:
IPython can be used as a replacement for the standard Python shell, or it can be used as a complete working environment for scientific computing (like Matlab or Mathematica) when paired with the standard Python scientific and numerical tools. It supports dynamic object introspections, numbered input/output prompts, a macro system, session logging, session restoring, complete system shell access, verbose and colored traceback reports, auto-parentheses, auto-quoting, and is embeddable in other Python programs.
This package contains the actual terminal shell for Python 3.
There are three methods to install ipython3
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ipython3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ipython3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ipython3
Install ipython3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ipython3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ipython3
Install ipython3 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 ipython3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ipython3
How To Uninstall ipython3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ipython3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ipython3
Uninstall ipython3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ipython3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipython3
Remove ipython3 Configurations and Data
To remove ipython3
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ipython3
Remove ipython3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ipython3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipython3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipython3
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.