How To Install python3-blinker on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blinker on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-blinker is fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blinker on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-blinker

python3-blinker is:

Blinker provides a fast dispatching system that allows any number of interested parties to subscribe to events, or “signals”.

Signal receivers can subscribe to specific senders or receive signals sent by any sender.

This package contains the Python 3 version.

There are three methods to install python3-blinker 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 python3-blinker Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-blinker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-blinker

Install python3-blinker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-blinker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-blinker

Install python3-blinker 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 python3-blinker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-blinker

How To Uninstall python3-blinker on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-blinker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-blinker

Uninstall python3-blinker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-blinker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-blinker

Remove python3-blinker Configurations and Data

To remove python3-blinker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-blinker

Remove python3-blinker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-blinker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-blinker

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blinker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.