How To Install python3-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo on Ubuntu.
What is python3-gi-cairo
python3-gi-cairo is:
GObject is an abstraction layer that allows programming with an object paradigm that is compatible with many languages. It is a part of Glib, the core library used to build GTK+ and GNOME.
This package contains the Python 3 Cairo bindings for GObject. It is mostly used by other bindings to map their GObjects to Python objects.
There are three methods to install python3-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gi-cairo
Install python3-gi-cairo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gi-cairo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gi-cairo
Install python3-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gi-cairo
How To Uninstall python3-gi-cairo on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-gi-cairo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gi-cairo
Uninstall python3-gi-cairo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gi-cairo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gi-cairo
Remove python3-gi-cairo Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gi-cairo configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gi-cairo
Remove python3-gi-cairo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gi-cairo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gi-cairo
Dependencies
python3-gi-cairo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gi-cairo package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.