How To Install python3-pylibdmtx 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-pylibdmtx on Ubuntu.
What is python3-pylibdmtx
python3-pylibdmtx is:
Read and write Data Matrix barcodes from Python using the libdmtx library.
Features:
- Pure Python
- Works with PIL / Pillow images, OpenCV / numpy ndarrays, and raw bytes
- Decodes locations of barcodes
- No dependencies, other than the libdmtx library itself
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-pylibdmtx 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-pylibdmtx 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-pylibdmtx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pylibdmtx
Install python3-pylibdmtx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pylibdmtx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pylibdmtx
Install python3-pylibdmtx 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-pylibdmtx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pylibdmtx
How To Uninstall python3-pylibdmtx on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-pylibdmtx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pylibdmtx
Uninstall python3-pylibdmtx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pylibdmtx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pylibdmtx
Remove python3-pylibdmtx Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pylibdmtx configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pylibdmtx
Remove python3-pylibdmtx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pylibdmtx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pylibdmtx
Dependencies
python3-pylibdmtx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylibdmtx package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.