How To Install python3-simplegeneric on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simplegeneric on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-simplegeneric is simple generic functions for Python3

Introduction

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

What is python3-simplegeneric

python3-simplegeneric is:

The simplegeneric module lets you define simple single-dispatch generic functions, akin to Python’s built-in generic functions like len(), iter() and so on. However, instead of using specially-named methods, these generic functions use simple lookup tables, akin to those used by e.g. pickle.dump() and other generic functions found in the Python standard library.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-simplegeneric

Install python3-simplegeneric Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-simplegeneric

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-simplegeneric

How To Uninstall python3-simplegeneric on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-simplegeneric

Uninstall python3-simplegeneric And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-simplegeneric

Remove python3-simplegeneric Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-simplegeneric

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

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

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

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Summary

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