How To Install pyvisa on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyvisa
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pyvisa
pyvisa is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install pyvisa
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 pyvisa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pyvisa
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pyvisa
Install pyvisa Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pyvisa
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pyvisa
Install pyvisa 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 pyvisa
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pyvisa
How To Uninstall pyvisa on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pyvisa
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pyvisa
Uninstall pyvisa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pyvisa
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyvisa
Remove pyvisa Configurations and Data
To remove pyvisa
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pyvisa
Remove pyvisa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pyvisa
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyvisa
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyvisa
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.