How To Install python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-blinker
python-blinker is:
Blinker provides a fast dispatching system that allows any number of interested parties to subscribe to events, or “signals”.
Signal receivers can subscribe to specific senders or receive signals sent by any sender.
This package contains the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-blinker 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 python-blinker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-blinker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-blinker
Install python-blinker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-blinker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-blinker
Install python-blinker 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 python-blinker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-blinker
How To Uninstall python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-blinker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-blinker
Uninstall python-blinker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-blinker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-blinker
Remove python-blinker Configurations and Data
To remove python-blinker configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-blinker
Remove python-blinker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-blinker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-blinker
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blinker package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.