How To Install python-vispy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vispy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-vispy
python-vispy is:
Vispy is a high-performance interactive 2D/3D data visualization library.
Vispy leverages the computational power of modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) through the OpenGL library to display very large datasets.
This package provides VisPy for the Python 2 interpreter.
There are three methods to install python-vispy 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-vispy 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-vispy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-vispy
Install python-vispy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-vispy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-vispy
Install python-vispy 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-vispy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-vispy
How To Uninstall python-vispy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-vispy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-vispy
Uninstall python-vispy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-vispy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vispy
Remove python-vispy Configurations and Data
To remove python-vispy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-vispy
Remove python-vispy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-vispy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vispy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vispy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
