How To Install python-pyds9 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyds9 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyds9
python-pyds9 is:
The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including Tcl/Tk programs such as ds9. The pyds9 module uses a Python interface to XPA to communicate with ds9. It supports communication with all of ds9’s XPA access points.
This package provides the Python-2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-pyds9 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-pyds9 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-pyds9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyds9
Install python-pyds9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyds9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyds9
Install python-pyds9 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-pyds9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyds9
How To Uninstall python-pyds9 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyds9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyds9
Uninstall python-pyds9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyds9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyds9
Remove python-pyds9 Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyds9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyds9
Remove python-pyds9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyds9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyds9
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyds9 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
