How To Install python-comedilib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-comedilib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-comedilib
python-comedilib is:
Comedilib is a library for using Comedi, a driver interface for data acquisition hardware. See the libcomedi0 package for more information.
This package provides Python bindings to the comedi library.
There are three methods to install python-comedilib 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-comedilib 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-comedilib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-comedilib
Install python-comedilib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-comedilib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-comedilib
Install python-comedilib 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-comedilib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-comedilib
How To Uninstall python-comedilib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-comedilib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-comedilib
Uninstall python-comedilib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-comedilib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-comedilib
Remove python-comedilib Configurations and Data
To remove python-comedilib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-comedilib
Remove python-comedilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-comedilib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-comedilib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-comedilib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
