How To Install python3-setproctitle on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setproctitle
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-setproctitle
python3-setproctitle is:
The library allows a process to change its title (as displayed by system tools such as ps and top).
Changing the title is mostly useful in multi-process systems, for example when a master process is forked: changing the children’s title allows one to identify the task each process is busy with. The technique is used by PostgreSQL and the OpenSSH Server for example.
This is the Python 3 package. Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install python3-setproctitle
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-setproctitle 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-setproctitle
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-setproctitle
Install python3-setproctitle Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-setproctitle
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-setproctitle
Install python3-setproctitle 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-setproctitle
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-setproctitle
How To Uninstall python3-setproctitle on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-setproctitle
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-setproctitle
Uninstall python3-setproctitle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-setproctitle
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-setproctitle
Remove python3-setproctitle Configurations and Data
To remove python3-setproctitle
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-setproctitle
Remove python3-setproctitle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-setproctitle
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-setproctitle
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setproctitle
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.