How To Install python3-yaml on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yaml on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-yaml
python3-yaml is:
Python3-yaml is a complete YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Python3. It can parse all examples from the specification. The parsing algorithm is simple enough to be a reference for YAML parser implementors. A simple extension API is also provided. The package is built using libyaml for improved speed. Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Package: python3-yaml Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.3.1-1 Priority: important Section: python Source: pyyaml Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 523 Depends: python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.14), libyaml-0-2 Filename: pool/main/p/pyyaml/python3-yaml_5.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 135496 MD5sum: 131b5f42d68708611cfaa98bd571d957 SHA1: f2a7a12b7107cc69f70ad064194435843730ad11 SHA256: 72888c0f86d35dffbebd7b553ed0bfededa1d1f9cf451d54194f9b931a29967e Homepage: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml Description-en: YAML parser and emitter for Python3 Python3-yaml is a complete YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Python3. It can parse all examples from the specification. The parsing algorithm is simple enough to be a reference for YAML parser implementors. A simple extension API is also provided. The package is built using libyaml for improved speed. Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
There are three methods to install python3-yaml 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-yaml 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-yaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-yaml
Install python3-yaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-yaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-yaml
Install python3-yaml 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-yaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-yaml
How To Uninstall python3-yaml on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-yaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-yaml
Uninstall python3-yaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-yaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yaml
Remove python3-yaml Configurations and Data
To remove python3-yaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yaml
Remove python3-yaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-yaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-yaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yaml package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.