How To Install python-itypes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-itypes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-itypes
python-itypes is:
This package provides basic immutable container types for Python.
The classic use case of these is in circumstances where it may result in more comprehensible code, or when one wants to create custom types with restricted, immutable interfaces.
This package contains the python2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-itypes 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-itypes 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-itypes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-itypes
Install python-itypes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-itypes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-itypes
Install python-itypes 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-itypes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-itypes
How To Uninstall python-itypes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-itypes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-itypes
Uninstall python-itypes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-itypes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-itypes
Remove python-itypes Configurations and Data
To remove python-itypes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-itypes
Remove python-itypes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-itypes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-itypes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-itypes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
