How To Install python-gi-cairo on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gi-cairo on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-gi-cairo
python-gi-cairo is:
GObject is an abstraction layer that allows programming with an object paradigm that is compatible with many languages. It is a part of Glib, the core library used to build GTK+ and GNOME.
This package contains the Python Cairo bindings for GObject. It is mostly used by other bindings to map their GObjects to Python objects.
There are three methods to install python-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gi-cairo
Install python-gi-cairo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gi-cairo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gi-cairo
Install python-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gi-cairo
How To Uninstall python-gi-cairo on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-gi-cairo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gi-cairo
Uninstall python-gi-cairo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gi-cairo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gi-cairo
Remove python-gi-cairo Configurations and Data
To remove python-gi-cairo configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gi-cairo
Remove python-gi-cairo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gi-cairo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gi-cairo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gi-cairo package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.