How To Install python-h5py on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-h5py on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-h5py
python-h5py is:
HDF5 for Python (h5py) is a general-purpose Python interface to the Hierarchical Data Format library, version 5. HDF5 is a versatile, mature scientific software library designed for the fast, flexible storage of enormous amounts of data.
From a Python programmer’s perspective, HDF5 provides a robust way to store data, organized by name in a tree-like fashion. You can create datasets (arrays on disk) hundreds of gigabytes in size, and perform random-access I/O on desired sections. Datasets are organized in a filesystem-like hierarchy using containers called “groups”, and accessed using the tradional POSIX /path/to/resource syntax.
H5py provides a simple, robust read/write interface to HDF5 data from Python. Existing Python and Numpy concepts are used for the interface; for example, datasets on disk are represented by a proxy class that supports slicing, and has dtype and shape attributes. HDF5 groups are presented using a dictionary metaphor, indexed by name.
This package provides the modules for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-h5py 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-h5py 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-h5py using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-h5py
Install python-h5py Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-h5py using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-h5py
Install python-h5py 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-h5py using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-h5py
How To Uninstall python-h5py on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-h5py package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-h5py
Uninstall python-h5py And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-h5py and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-h5py
Remove python-h5py Configurations and Data
To remove python-h5py configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-h5py
Remove python-h5py configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-h5py configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-h5py
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-h5py package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
