How To Install python3-apt 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 python3-apt on Ubuntu.
What is python3-apt
python3-apt is:
The apt_pkg Python 3 interface will provide full access to the internal libapt-pkg structures allowing Python 3 programs to easily perform a variety of functions, such as:
- Access to the APT configuration system
- Access to the APT package information database
- Parsing of Debian package control files, and other files with a similar structure
The included ‘aptsources’ Python interface provides an abstraction of the sources.list configuration on the repository and the distro level.
There are three methods to install python3-apt 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 python3-apt 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-apt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-apt
Install python3-apt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-apt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-apt
Install python3-apt 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-apt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-apt
How To Uninstall python3-apt on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-apt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-apt
Uninstall python3-apt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-apt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-apt
Remove python3-apt Configurations and Data
To remove python3-apt configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-apt
Remove python3-apt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-apt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-apt
Dependencies
python3-apt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apt package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.