How To Install libpython3.8-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython3.8-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpython3.8-minimal
libpython3.8-minimal is:
This package contains some essential modules. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python3.8-minimal. Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Package: libpython3.8-minimal Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.8.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same 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: 4721 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1) Recommends: libpython3.8-stdlib Conflicts: binfmt-support (« 1.1.2), libpython3.8-stdlib (« 3.8.0~b1-1~) Breaks: libpython3.8-stdlib (« 3.8.0~b1-1~) Filename: pool/main/p/python3.8/libpython3.8-minimal_3.8.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 704808 MD5sum: e88197d81627654ac0f06e5d5ea75a0e SHA1: 9f155bf97b3095603fc4ce55a4c6c48d7b335b9c SHA256: 70686b82fdbc4dd1514c30bdff299ab6bc4f6e4a3a0d3f50c324d64720d25378 Description-en: Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.8) This package contains some essential modules. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python3.8-minimal. Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
There are three methods to install libpython3.8-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 libpython3.8-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 libpython3.8-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpython3.8-minimal
Install libpython3.8-minimal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpython3.8-minimal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpython3.8-minimal
Install libpython3.8-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 libpython3.8-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpython3.8-minimal
How To Uninstall libpython3.8-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpython3.8-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpython3.8-minimal
Uninstall libpython3.8-minimal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpython3.8-minimal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpython3.8-minimal
Remove libpython3.8-minimal Configurations and Data
To remove libpython3.8-minimal configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpython3.8-minimal
Remove libpython3.8-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpython3.8-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpython3.8-minimal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython3.8-minimal package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.