How To Install python-sdl2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sdl2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sdl2
python-sdl2 is:
PySDL2 is a ctypes based wrapper around the Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 library to allow portable low level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse and keyboard.
This module is built for Python version 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-sdl2 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-sdl2 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-sdl2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sdl2
Install python-sdl2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sdl2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sdl2
Install python-sdl2 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-sdl2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sdl2
How To Uninstall python-sdl2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sdl2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sdl2
Uninstall python-sdl2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sdl2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sdl2
Remove python-sdl2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-sdl2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sdl2
Remove python-sdl2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sdl2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sdl2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sdl2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
