How To Install python-simplegeneric on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-simplegeneric on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-simplegeneric
python-simplegeneric is:
The simplegeneric module lets you define simple single-dispatch generic functions, akin to Python’s built-in generic functions like len(), iter() and so on. However, instead of using specially-named methods, these generic functions use simple lookup tables, akin to those used by e.g. pickle.dump() and other generic functions found in the Python standard library.
There are three methods to install python-simplegeneric 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-simplegeneric 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-simplegeneric using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-simplegeneric
Install python-simplegeneric Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-simplegeneric using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-simplegeneric
Install python-simplegeneric 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-simplegeneric using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-simplegeneric
How To Uninstall python-simplegeneric on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-simplegeneric package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-simplegeneric
Uninstall python-simplegeneric And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-simplegeneric and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-simplegeneric
Remove python-simplegeneric Configurations and Data
To remove python-simplegeneric configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-simplegeneric
Remove python-simplegeneric configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-simplegeneric configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-simplegeneric
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-simplegeneric package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
