How To Install python2.7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2.7-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python2.7-dev
python2.7-dev is:
Header files, a static library and development tools for building Python (v2.7) modules, extending the Python interpreter or embedding Python (v2.7) in applications.
Maintainers of Python packages should read README.maintainers.
There are three methods to install python2.7-dev
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 python2.7-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python2.7-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python2.7-dev
Install python2.7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python2.7-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python2.7-dev
Install python2.7-dev 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 python2.7-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python2.7-dev
How To Uninstall python2.7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python2.7-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python2.7-dev
Uninstall python2.7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python2.7-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python2.7-dev
Remove python2.7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove python2.7-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python2.7-dev
Remove python2.7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python2.7-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python2.7-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2.7-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.