How to Install and Uninstall python3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "python3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install python3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python3
Priority: important
Section: python
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Source: python3-defaults
Version: 3.5.1-3
Replaces: python3-minimal (<< 3.1.2-2)
Provides: python3-profiler
Depends: python3.5 (>= 3.5.1-2~), libpython3-stdlib (= 3.5.1-3), dh-python
Pre-Depends: python3-minimal (= 3.5.1-3)
Suggests: python3-doc (>= 3.5.1-3), python3-tk (>= 3.5.1-2~), python3-venv (>= 3.5.1-3)
Filename: pool/main/p/python3-defaults/python3_3.5.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 8710
MD5sum: 982b91f694ce80e9e0ebb54644a09efd
SHA1: f79fc28c5f188e0152662706997132eae0bfa88a
SHA256: 28ff4933ad72992e197cb0fbf3fb344321b0874e0f61ba91765fe352fc3e1449
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 v3.5).
Description-md5: fae02be20d9128e7f85e226dada84169
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: http://www.python.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk