How To Install python-canmatrix on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-canmatrix
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-canmatrix
python-canmatrix is:
Canmatrix implements a “Python CAN Matrix Object” which describes the CAN-communication itself and some auxiliary objects (Boardunits, Frames, Signals, Values, …) There are also some extract and merge options for dealing with CAN databases.
Supported file formats for import:
- .dbc candb / Vector
- .dbf Busmaster (open source!)
- .kcd kayak (open source!)
- .arxml autosar system description
- .yaml dump of the Python object
- .xls(x) excel xls-import, works with .xls-file generated by this lib
- .sym peak pcan can description Supported file formats for export:
- .dbc
- .dbf
- .kcd
- .xls(x)
- .json Canard (open source!)
- .arxml (very basic implementation)
- .yaml (dump of the Python object)
- .sym
This package provides the Python-2.x bindings
There are three methods to install python-canmatrix
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 python-canmatrix 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-canmatrix
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-canmatrix
Install python-canmatrix Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-canmatrix
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-canmatrix
Install python-canmatrix 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-canmatrix
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-canmatrix
How To Uninstall python-canmatrix on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-canmatrix
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-canmatrix
Uninstall python-canmatrix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-canmatrix
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-canmatrix
Remove python-canmatrix Configurations and Data
To remove python-canmatrix
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-canmatrix
Remove python-canmatrix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-canmatrix
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-canmatrix
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-canmatrix
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.