How To Install python-usb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-usb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-usb
python-usb is:
For interacting with USB devices directly from Python, this library may come in handy.
This version of python-usb is written entirely in Python and uses ctypes to interact with various USB libraries.
There are three methods to install python-usb 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-usb 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-usb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-usb
Install python-usb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-usb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-usb
Install python-usb 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-usb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-usb
How To Uninstall python-usb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-usb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-usb
Uninstall python-usb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-usb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-usb
Remove python-usb Configurations and Data
To remove python-usb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-usb
Remove python-usb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-usb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-usb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-usb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
