How To Install python3-singledispatch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-singledispatch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-singledispatch
python3-singledispatch is:
PEP 443 proposed to expose a mechanism in the functools standard library module in Python 3.4 that provides a simple form of generic programming known as single-dispatch generic functions.
This library is a backport of this functionality to Python 2.6 - 3.3.
This is the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-singledispatch 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-singledispatch 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-singledispatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-singledispatch
Install python3-singledispatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-singledispatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-singledispatch
Install python3-singledispatch 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-singledispatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-singledispatch
How To Uninstall python3-singledispatch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-singledispatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-singledispatch
Uninstall python3-singledispatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-singledispatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-singledispatch
Remove python3-singledispatch Configurations and Data
To remove python3-singledispatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-singledispatch
Remove python3-singledispatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-singledispatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-singledispatch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-singledispatch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
