How To Install python-singledispatch on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-singledispatch on Ubuntu 20.04. python-singledispatch is single-dispatch generic functions for Python

Introduction

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

What is python-singledispatch

python-singledispatch is:

PEP 443 proposed to expose a mechanism in the functools standard library module in Python 3.4 that provides a simple form of generic programming known as single-dispatch generic functions.

This library is a backport of this functionality to Python 2.6 - 3.3.

This is the Python 2 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python-singledispatch 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-singledispatch 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-singledispatch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-singledispatch

Install python-singledispatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-singledispatch

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-singledispatch

How To Uninstall python-singledispatch on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-singledispatch

Uninstall python-singledispatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-singledispatch

Remove python-singledispatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-singledispatch

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

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

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

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Summary

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