How To Install python3-bytesize on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bytesize on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-bytesize
python3-bytesize is:
Many projects need to work with sizes in bytes (be it sizes of storage space, memory,…) and all of them need to deal with the same issues like:
- How to get a human-readable string for the given size?
- How to store the given size so that no significant information is lost?
- If we store the size in bytes, what if the given size gets over the MAXUINT64 value? How to interpret sizes entered by users according to their locale and typing conventions?
- How to deal with the decimal/binary units (MB vs. MiB) ambiguity? . This library aims to be as much generally usable as possible, small, fast and be easily interfaced from other languages. . This package contains bindings for libbytesize in Python3.
There are three methods to install python3-bytesize 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-bytesize 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-bytesize using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-bytesize
Install python3-bytesize Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-bytesize using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-bytesize
Install python3-bytesize 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-bytesize using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-bytesize
How To Uninstall python3-bytesize on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-bytesize package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-bytesize
Uninstall python3-bytesize And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-bytesize and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bytesize
Remove python3-bytesize Configurations and Data
To remove python3-bytesize configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bytesize
Remove python3-bytesize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-bytesize configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-bytesize
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bytesize package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
