How To Install python-pygame on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygame on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-pygame
python-pygame is:
A multimedia development kit for Python. Pygame provides modules for you to access the video display, play sounds, track time, read the mouse and joystick, control the CD player, render true type fonts and more. It does this using mainly the cross-platform SDL library, a lightweight wrapper to OS-specific APIs.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-pygame on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-pygame 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-pygame using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pygame
Install python-pygame Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pygame using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pygame
Install python-pygame 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-pygame using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pygame
How To Uninstall python-pygame on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-pygame package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pygame
Uninstall python-pygame And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pygame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pygame
Remove python-pygame Configurations and Data
To remove python-pygame configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pygame
Remove python-pygame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pygame configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pygame
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygame package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.