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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "python-wheel" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install python-wheel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall python-wheel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: python-wheel
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 206
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Barry Warsaw
Architecture: all
Source: wheel
Version: 0.29.0-1
Depends: python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Suggests: python-setuptools
Filename: pool/universe/w/wheel/python-wheel_0.29.0-1_all.deb
Size: 48050
MD5sum: cec5453c98565e6c57d446c45176f38b
SHA1: 172140b527564b3f9de31161541ba679baa02a4d
SHA256: 45f3e434adc941c525c0d54d06e74dd105d43dfb74ced0311c242cd33525666e
Description-en: built-package format for Python
A wheel is a ZIP-format archive with a specially formatted filename and the
`.whl` extension. It is designed to contain all the files for a PEP 376
compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format.
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The wheel project provides a `bdist_wheel` command for setuptools. Wheel
files can be installed with `pip`.
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This is the Python 2 compatible package.
Description-md5: 90eca01edd0ab0c12c3d4c3be118b640
Homepage: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu