How To Install libpython3.9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython3.9-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpython3.9-dev
libpython3.9-dev is:
Header files, a static library and development tools for building Python (v3.9) modules, extending the Python interpreter or embedding Python (v3.9) in applications.
Maintainers of Python packages should read README.maintainers.
This package contains development files. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python3.9-dev.
There are three methods to install libpython3.9-dev
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 libpython3.9-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpython3.9-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpython3.9-dev
Install libpython3.9-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpython3.9-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpython3.9-dev
Install libpython3.9-dev 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 libpython3.9-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpython3.9-dev
How To Uninstall libpython3.9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpython3.9-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpython3.9-dev
Uninstall libpython3.9-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpython3.9-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpython3.9-dev
Remove libpython3.9-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpython3.9-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpython3.9-dev
Remove libpython3.9-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpython3.9-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpython3.9-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython3.9-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.