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