How To Install python3-posix-ipc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-posix-ipc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-posix-ipc
python3-posix-ipc is:
posix_ipc is a Python module (written in C) that permits creation and manipulation of POSIX inter-process semaphores, shared memory and message queues on platforms supporting the POSIX Realtime Extensions a.k.a. POSIX 1003.1b-1993. This includes nearly all Unices and Windows + Cygwin 1.7.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-posix-ipc 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-posix-ipc 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-posix-ipc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-posix-ipc
Install python3-posix-ipc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-posix-ipc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-posix-ipc
Install python3-posix-ipc 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-posix-ipc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-posix-ipc
How To Uninstall python3-posix-ipc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-posix-ipc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-posix-ipc
Uninstall python3-posix-ipc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-posix-ipc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-posix-ipc
Remove python3-posix-ipc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-posix-ipc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-posix-ipc
Remove python3-posix-ipc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-posix-ipc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-posix-ipc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-posix-ipc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
