How To Install cysignals-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cysignals-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. cysignals-tools is interrupt and signal handling for Cython – tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cysignals-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cysignals-tools

cysignals-tools is:

Since Cython optimizes for speed, Cython normally does not check for interrupts. The cysignals package provides mechanisms to handle interrupts (and other signals and errors) in Cython code.

This package provides debugging tools.

There are three methods to install cysignals-tools 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 cysignals-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cysignals-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cysignals-tools

Install cysignals-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cysignals-tools

Install cysignals-tools 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 cysignals-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cysignals-tools

How To Uninstall cysignals-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cysignals-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cysignals-tools

Uninstall cysignals-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cysignals-tools

Remove cysignals-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cysignals-tools

Remove cysignals-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cysignals-tools

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Summary

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