How to Install and Uninstall python-pkgconfig Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python-pkgconfig" package

Please follow the guidance below to install python-pkgconfig on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python-pkgconfig
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python-pkgconfig" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall python-pkgconfig on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python-pkgconfig
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-pkgconfig package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-pkgconfig
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.0-1
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), pkg-config (>= 0.28-1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pkgconfig/python-pkgconfig_1.1.0-1_all.deb
Size: 5326
MD5sum: 7fca59e4625c06ca0c587e97a54b8c65
SHA1: 0979e0902b452f8eda9948c1f6b2ef4457e98ba8
SHA256: 047a95b0bd7a462a662909ce9ab926d3f8e0d3a0776a17b6a501436436324b71
Description-en: Python interface to the pkg-config command line tool
pkgconfig is a Python module to interface with the pkg-config command line tool
and supports Python 2.6+.
It cabe used to:
-Check if a package exists
-Check if a package meets certain version requirements
-Query CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
-Parse the output to build extensions with setup.py
Description-md5: 0c92bee1a94d6d6364ad40f72e9e3cd1
Homepage: https://github.com/matze/pkgconfig
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu