How to Install and Uninstall python3 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "python3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install python3 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python3" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall python3 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: python3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: important
Section: python
Source: python3-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 189
Provides: python3-profiler
Pre-Depends: python3-minimal (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu1)
Depends: python3.8 (>= 3.8.6-1~), libpython3-stdlib (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu1)
Suggests: python3-doc (>= 3.8.6-0ubuntu1), python3-tk (>= 3.8.6-1~), python3-venv (>= 3.8.6-0ubuntu1)
Replaces: python3-minimal (<< 3.1.2-2)
Filename: pool/main/p/python3-defaults/python3_3.8.6-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 47608
MD5sum: fe5fe2e8734abad07e57175e825e0a1c
SHA1: 9f306368b63941b3f496b5dcdccffef83681b271
SHA256: e301b2335a235b6df508c430841c55bfa2a2f913aeae712867822fab56cba61a
SHA512: c2b427bdf49fd444d68e792ece070c6bcd6d49429a39306d835c0132a4e2b843c5612dd0555625f89b69ba8330ccc0f757a5a4c3195a07383f38dc2d9b188fd8
Homepage: https://www.python.org/
Description-en: interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)
Python, the high-level, interactive object oriented language,
includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for
network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Python 3 version (currently v3.8).
Description-md5: 6c1cceeeaa25414388fa2227c3a214fe
Task: minimal