How To Install python3-ipykernel 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-ipykernel on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-ipykernel`

python3-ipykernel is:

This software component provides an IPython kernel, which will hook itself into Jupyter.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-ipykernel 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-ipykernel 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-ipykernel using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ipykernel

Install python3-ipykernel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-ipykernel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-ipykernel

Install python3-ipykernel 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-ipykernel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ipykernel

How To Uninstall python3-ipykernel on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the python3-ipykernel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-ipykernel

Uninstall python3-ipykernel And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-ipykernel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ipykernel

Remove python3-ipykernel Configurations and Data

To remove python3-ipykernel configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ipykernel

Remove python3-ipykernel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-ipykernel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ipykernel

Dependencies

python3-ipykernel have the following dependencies:

References

python3-ipykernel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ipykernel package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.