How To Install numpy-stl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install numpy-stl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is numpy-stl
numpy-stl is:
Numpy-STL is a library for working with STL files (and 3D objects in general) in the Python language. Due to all operations heavily relying on Numpy this is one of the fastest STL editing libraries for Python available.
This package contains tools to convert between the ascii and binary stl file format versions, using Numpy-STL.
There are three methods to install numpy-stl 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 numpy-stl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install numpy-stl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install numpy-stl
Install numpy-stl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install numpy-stl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install numpy-stl
Install numpy-stl 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 numpy-stl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install numpy-stl
How To Uninstall numpy-stl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the numpy-stl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove numpy-stl
Uninstall numpy-stl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall numpy-stl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove numpy-stl
Remove numpy-stl Configurations and Data
To remove numpy-stl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge numpy-stl
Remove numpy-stl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove numpy-stl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numpy-stl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install numpy-stl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
