How To Install pex on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pex on Ubuntu 22.04. pex is library for generating Python executable zip files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pex on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pex

pex is:

pex is a library for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files which are executable Python environments in the spirit of virtualenvs. pex is an expansion upon the ideas outlined in PEP 441 and makes the deployment of Python applications as simple as cp. pex files may even include multiple platform-specific Python distributions, meaning that a single pex file can be portable across Linux and OS X.

pex files can be built using the pex tool. Build systems such as Pants and Buck also support building .pex files directly.

This is the command line package.

There are three methods to install pex on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pex

Install pex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pex

Install pex 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 pex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pex

How To Uninstall pex on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the pex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pex

Uninstall pex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pex

Remove pex Configurations and Data

To remove pex configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pex

Remove pex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pex

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pex package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.