How To Install python3-libgpiod on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libgpiod
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-libgpiod
python3-libgpiod is:
libgpiod encapsulates the ioctl calls and data structures behind a straightforward API. This new character device interface guarantees all allocated resources are freed after closing the device file descriptor and adds several new features that are not present in the obsolete sysfs interface (like event polling, setting/reading multiple values at once or open-source and open-drain GPIOs).
This package contains Python 3 bindings for the libgpiod library.
There are three methods to install python3-libgpiod
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-libgpiod 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-libgpiod
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libgpiod
Install python3-libgpiod Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-libgpiod
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libgpiod
Install python3-libgpiod 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-libgpiod
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libgpiod
How To Uninstall python3-libgpiod on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-libgpiod
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libgpiod
Uninstall python3-libgpiod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libgpiod
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libgpiod
Remove python3-libgpiod Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libgpiod
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libgpiod
Remove python3-libgpiod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libgpiod
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libgpiod
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libgpiod
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.