How To Install python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04. python-blinker is Fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python-blinker

python-blinker is:

Blinker provides a fast dispatching system that allows any number of interested parties to subscribe to events, or “signals”.

Signal receivers can subscribe to specific senders or receive signals sent by any sender.

This package contains the Python 2 version.

There are three methods to install python-blinker 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 python-blinker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-blinker

Install python-blinker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-blinker

Install python-blinker 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 python-blinker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-blinker

How To Uninstall python-blinker on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python-blinker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-blinker

Uninstall python-blinker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-blinker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-blinker

Remove python-blinker Configurations and Data

To remove python-blinker configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-blinker

Remove python-blinker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-blinker

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blinker package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.