How To Install python3-miniupnpc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-miniupnpc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-miniupnpc
python3-miniupnpc is:
The UPnP protocol is supported by most home adsl/cable routers and Microsoft Windows 2K/XP. The aim of the MiniUPnP project is to bring a free software solution to support the “Internet Gateway Device” part of the protocol. The MediaServer/MediaRenderer UPnP protocol is also becoming very popular.
Miniupnpc aims at the simplest library possible, with the smallest footprint and no dependencies to other libraries such as XML parsers or HTTP implementations. All the code is pure ANSI C. Compiled on a x86 PC, the miniupnp client library have less than 15KB code size. For instance, the upnpc sample program is around 20KB. The miniupnp daemon is much smaller than any other IGD daemon and is ideal for using on low memory device for this reason.
This package contains the Python 3 bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-miniupnpc
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-miniupnpc 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-miniupnpc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-miniupnpc
Install python3-miniupnpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-miniupnpc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-miniupnpc
Install python3-miniupnpc 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-miniupnpc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-miniupnpc
How To Uninstall python3-miniupnpc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-miniupnpc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-miniupnpc
Uninstall python3-miniupnpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-miniupnpc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-miniupnpc
Remove python3-miniupnpc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-miniupnpc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-miniupnpc
Remove python3-miniupnpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-miniupnpc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-miniupnpc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-miniupnpc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.