How To Install pypy-pkg-resources on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-pkg-resources on Ubuntu.
What is pypy-pkg-resources
pypy-pkg-resources is:
The pkg_resources module provides an API for Python libraries to access their resource files, and for extensible applications and frameworks to automatically discover plugins. It also provides runtime support for using C extensions that are inside zipfile-format eggs, support for merging packages that have separately-distributed modules or subpackages, and APIs for managing Python’s current “working set” of active packages.
There are three methods to install pypy-pkg-resources on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pypy-pkg-resources Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pypy-pkg-resources using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pypy-pkg-resources
Install pypy-pkg-resources Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pypy-pkg-resources using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pypy-pkg-resources
Install pypy-pkg-resources 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 pypy-pkg-resources using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pypy-pkg-resources
How To Uninstall pypy-pkg-resources on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pypy-pkg-resources package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pypy-pkg-resources
Uninstall pypy-pkg-resources And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pypy-pkg-resources and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pypy-pkg-resources
Remove pypy-pkg-resources Configurations and Data
To remove pypy-pkg-resources configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pypy-pkg-resources
Remove pypy-pkg-resources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pypy-pkg-resources configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pypy-pkg-resources
Dependencies
pypy-pkg-resources have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-pkg-resources package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.