How To Install python-cpuinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cpuinfo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cpuinfo
python-cpuinfo is:
The cpuinfo Python module provides pure Python tools for getting CPU infos.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-cpuinfo 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-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 python-cpuinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cpuinfo
Install python-cpuinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cpuinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cpuinfo
Install python-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 python-cpuinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cpuinfo
How To Uninstall python-cpuinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cpuinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cpuinfo
Uninstall python-cpuinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cpuinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cpuinfo
Remove python-cpuinfo Configurations and Data
To remove python-cpuinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cpuinfo
Remove python-cpuinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cpuinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cpuinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cpuinfo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
