How To Install python3-gpiozero on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gpiozero
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-gpiozero
python3-gpiozero is:
gpiozero builds on various pin libraries to provide a set of classes designed to simplify interaction with devices connected to the GPIO pins, from simple buttons and LEDs, up to various add-on boards. The API tries to adhere closely to Python’s idioms and naming conventions, and features alternative programming paradigm approaches.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-gpiozero
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-gpiozero 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-gpiozero
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gpiozero
Install python3-gpiozero Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gpiozero
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gpiozero
Install python3-gpiozero 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-gpiozero
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gpiozero
How To Uninstall python3-gpiozero on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-gpiozero
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gpiozero
Uninstall python3-gpiozero And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gpiozero
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gpiozero
Remove python3-gpiozero Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gpiozero
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gpiozero
Remove python3-gpiozero configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gpiozero
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gpiozero
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gpiozero
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.