How To Install python3-versioneer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-versioneer
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-versioneer
python3-versioneer is:
This is a tool for managing a recorded version number in distutils-based python projects. The goal is to remove the tedious and error-prone “update the embedded version string” step from your release process. Making a new release should be as easy as recording a new tag in your version-control system, and maybe making new tarballs.
There are three methods to install python3-versioneer
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-versioneer 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-versioneer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-versioneer
Install python3-versioneer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-versioneer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-versioneer
Install python3-versioneer 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-versioneer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-versioneer
How To Uninstall python3-versioneer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-versioneer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-versioneer
Uninstall python3-versioneer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-versioneer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-versioneer
Remove python3-versioneer Configurations and Data
To remove python3-versioneer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-versioneer
Remove python3-versioneer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-versioneer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-versioneer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-versioneer
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.