How To Install pypy-simplejson on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-simplejson on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pypy-simplejson
pypy-simplejson is:
simplejson is a simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible JSON http://json.org encoder and decoder.
The encoder may be subclassed to provide serialization in any kind of situation, without any special support by the objects to be serialized (somewhat like pickle).
The decoder can handle incoming JSON strings of any specified encoding (UTF-8 by default).
simplejson is the externally maintained development version of the json library included with Python 2.6 and Python 3.0, but maintains backwards compatibility with Python 2.5.
This package contains the PyPy module.
There are three methods to install pypy-simplejson 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 pypy-simplejson Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pypy-simplejson using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pypy-simplejson
Install pypy-simplejson Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pypy-simplejson using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pypy-simplejson
Install pypy-simplejson 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 pypy-simplejson using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pypy-simplejson
How To Uninstall pypy-simplejson on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pypy-simplejson package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pypy-simplejson
Uninstall pypy-simplejson And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pypy-simplejson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pypy-simplejson
Remove pypy-simplejson Configurations and Data
To remove pypy-simplejson configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pypy-simplejson
Remove pypy-simplejson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pypy-simplejson configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pypy-simplejson
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-simplejson package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
