How To Install python3-jpy on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-jpy on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-jpy
python3-jpy is:
jpy is a bi-directional Python-Java bridge which you can use to embed Java code in Python programs or the other way round. It has been designed particularly with regard to maximum data transfer speed between the two languages. It comes with a number of outstanding features:
- Fully translates Java class hierarchies to Python
- Transparently handles Java method overloading
- Support of Java multi-threading
- Fast and memory-efficient support of primitive Java array parameters via
Python buffers <http://docs.python.org/3.3/c-api/buffer.html>_ - Support of Java methods that modify primitive Java array parameters (mutable parameters)
- Java arrays translate into Python sequence objects
- Java API for accessing Python objects (
jpy.jar)
This package provides the Python3 interface.
There are three methods to install python3-jpy on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-jpy 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-jpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-jpy
Install python3-jpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-jpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-jpy
Install python3-jpy 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-jpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-jpy
How To Uninstall python3-jpy on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-jpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-jpy
Uninstall python3-jpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-jpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-jpy
Remove python3-jpy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-jpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-jpy
Remove python3-jpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-jpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-jpy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-jpy package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.