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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "python3-pkgconfig" package

This guide let you learn how to install python3-pkgconfig on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python3-pkgconfig" package

Learn how to uninstall python3-pkgconfig on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python3-pkgconfig
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-pkgconfig package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python3-pkgconfig
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: all
Source: python-pkgconfig
Version: 1.1.0-1
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), pkg-config (>= 0.28-1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pkgconfig/python3-pkgconfig_1.1.0-1_all.deb
Size: 5138
MD5sum: fd3fcf13ae6c8a900044141581dc5bdf
SHA1: 91ace4aee3c6820bfbf0ef1390f80f5ecdd1a0bd
SHA256: 64255338e72d40804910446c77fc9a665d9852d0aee7231ac2ea48f5fe6e47bd
Description-en: Python 3 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 3
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: 84535060c003759c671e08a60f4e7f81
Homepage: https://github.com/matze/pkgconfig
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu