How To Install python3-monotonic on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-monotonic on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-monotonic is implementation of time.monotonic() - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-monotonic on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-monotonic

python3-monotonic is:

This module provides a monotonic() function which returns the value (in fractional seconds) of a clock which never goes backwards. On Python 3.3 or newer, monotonic will be an alias of time.monotonic from the standard library. On older versions, it will fall back to an equivalent implementation: GetTickCount64 on Windows, mach_absolute_time on OS X, and clock_gettime(3) on Linux/BSD.

If no suitable implementation exists for the current platform, attempting to import this module (or to import from it) will cause a RuntimeError exception to be raised.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-monotonic 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-monotonic 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-monotonic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-monotonic

Install python3-monotonic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-monotonic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-monotonic

Install python3-monotonic 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-monotonic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-monotonic

How To Uninstall python3-monotonic on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-monotonic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-monotonic

Uninstall python3-monotonic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-monotonic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-monotonic

Remove python3-monotonic Configurations and Data

To remove python3-monotonic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-monotonic

Remove python3-monotonic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-monotonic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-monotonic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-monotonic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.