How To Install python-yaml on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-yaml on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-yaml
python-yaml is:
Python-yaml is a complete YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Python. It can parse all examples from the specification. The parsing algorithm is simple enough to be a reference for YAML parser implementors. A simple extension API is also provided. The package is built using libyaml for improved speed.
Package: python-yaml Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.3.1-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: pyyaml Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 544 Depends: python2 (« 2.8), python2 (>= 2.7~), python2:any (« 2.8), python2:any (>= 2.7~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libyaml-0-2 Filename: pool/universe/p/pyyaml/python-yaml_5.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 130308 MD5sum: 1a8e944263d07da8cabef6a370c515d9 SHA1: cfe106eb43794a7ad0a0bbe3f76d94bb75890b99 SHA256: ce18a862a1b96c652786dcedb0a5be0cf7632ba1dbcd430ec2472913bbbc691d Homepage: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml Description-en: YAML parser and emitter for Python Python-yaml is a complete YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Python. It can parse all examples from the specification. The parsing algorithm is simple enough to be a reference for YAML parser implementors. A simple extension API is also provided. The package is built using libyaml for improved speed.
There are three methods to install python-yaml 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-yaml 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-yaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-yaml
Install python-yaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-yaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-yaml
Install python-yaml 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-yaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-yaml
How To Uninstall python-yaml on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-yaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-yaml
Uninstall python-yaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-yaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-yaml
Remove python-yaml Configurations and Data
To remove python-yaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-yaml
Remove python-yaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-yaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-yaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-yaml package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
