How To Install snek 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 snek on Ubuntu.
What is snek
snek is:
Snek is a small python-like language designed for embedded computers. It can run on systems as small as an Arduino Duemilanove board, which is an ATmega 328 processor with 32kB of flash and 2kB of ram. This package includes binaries and installation tools for many targets along with the snekde integrated development environment.
There are three methods to install snek 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 snek Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snek using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snek
Install snek Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snek using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snek
Install snek 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 snek using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snek
How To Uninstall snek on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the snek package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snek
Uninstall snek And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snek and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snek
Remove snek Configurations and Data
To remove snek configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snek
Remove snek configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snek configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snek
Dependencies
snek have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snek package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.