How To Install python3-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-doc
python3-doc is:
This is the official set of documentation for the interactive high-level object-oriented language Python 3 (v3.8). All documents are provided in HTML format, some in info format. The package consists of nine documents:
- Tutorial
- Python Library Reference
- Macintosh Module Reference
- Python Language Reference
- Extending and Embedding Python
- Python/C API Reference
- Installing Python Modules
- Documenting Python
- Distributing Python Modules
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default Python 3 version (currently v3.8).
There are three methods to install python3-doc 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 python3-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-doc
Install python3-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-doc
Install python3-doc 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 python3-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-doc
How To Uninstall python3-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-doc
Uninstall python3-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-doc
Remove python3-doc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-doc
Remove python3-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
