How To Install py-cpuinfo on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install py-cpuinfo
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is py-cpuinfo
py-cpuinfo is:
The py-cpuinfo Python module provides pure Python tools for getting CPU infos, without any need of dependencies or extra programs beyond what the OS provides.
This package installs the command line tool for getting CPU info based on the py-cpuinfo Python module.
There are three methods to install py-cpuinfo
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 py-cpuinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install py-cpuinfo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install py-cpuinfo
Install py-cpuinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install py-cpuinfo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install py-cpuinfo
Install py-cpuinfo 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 py-cpuinfo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install py-cpuinfo
How To Uninstall py-cpuinfo on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the py-cpuinfo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove py-cpuinfo
Uninstall py-cpuinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall py-cpuinfo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove py-cpuinfo
Remove py-cpuinfo Configurations and Data
To remove py-cpuinfo
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge py-cpuinfo
Remove py-cpuinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove py-cpuinfo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge py-cpuinfo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install py-cpuinfo
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.