How To Install python-libusb1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libusb1
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libusb1
python-libusb1 is:
Makes the whole libusb1 API available to Python. Both synchronous and asynchronous APIs are exposed, giving access to all USB transfer types (control, bulk, interrupt, isochronous).
This python module differs from pyusb in that it only aims to wrap libusb1. As a consequence, it can expose all libusb1 features and not a subset common to various usb libraries.
There are three methods to install python-libusb1
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-libusb1 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-libusb1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libusb1
Install python-libusb1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libusb1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libusb1
Install python-libusb1 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-libusb1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libusb1
How To Uninstall python-libusb1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libusb1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libusb1
Uninstall python-libusb1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libusb1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libusb1
Remove python-libusb1 Configurations and Data
To remove python-libusb1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libusb1
Remove python-libusb1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libusb1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libusb1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libusb1
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.