How To Install python-libiio on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libiio on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libiio
python-libiio is:
Libiio is a library that has been conceived to ease the development of applications interfacing Industrial Input/Output (IIO) devices through the IIO subsystem of the Linux kernel.
This package contains the Python bindings for libiio.
There are three methods to install python-libiio 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-libiio 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-libiio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libiio
Install python-libiio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libiio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libiio
Install python-libiio 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-libiio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libiio
How To Uninstall python-libiio on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libiio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libiio
Uninstall python-libiio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libiio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libiio
Remove python-libiio Configurations and Data
To remove python-libiio configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libiio
Remove python-libiio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libiio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libiio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libiio package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
