How To Install python3-cbor2 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-cbor2 on Ubuntu.
What is python3-cbor2
python3-cbor2 is:
This library provides encoding and decoding for the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR, RFC 7049) serialization format.
Features:
- Simple API like json or pickle modules.
- Support many CBOR tags with stdlib objects.
- Generic tag decoding.
- Shared value references including cyclic references.
- Optional C module backend tested on big- and little-endian architectures.
- Extensible tagged value handling using tag_hook and object_hook on decode and default on encode.
- Command-line diagnostic tool, converting CBOR file or stream to JSON (This is a lossy conversion, for diagnostics only)
- Thorough test suite.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-cbor2 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-cbor2 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-cbor2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cbor2
Install python3-cbor2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cbor2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cbor2
Install python3-cbor2 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-cbor2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cbor2
How To Uninstall python3-cbor2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-cbor2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cbor2
Uninstall python3-cbor2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cbor2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cbor2
Remove python3-cbor2 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cbor2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cbor2
Remove python3-cbor2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cbor2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cbor2
Dependencies
python3-cbor2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cbor2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.