How To Install python-applicationinsights on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-applicationinsights on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-applicationinsights
python-applicationinsights is:
This package provides an API for Azure Application Insights. Application Insights is a service that allows developers to keep their application available, performing and succeeding. This Python module will allow you to send telemetry of various kinds (event, trace, exception, etc.) to the Application Insights service where they can be visualized in the Azure Portal.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-applicationinsights on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-applicationinsights Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-applicationinsights using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-applicationinsights
Install python-applicationinsights Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-applicationinsights using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-applicationinsights
Install python-applicationinsights Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-applicationinsights using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-applicationinsights
How To Uninstall python-applicationinsights on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-applicationinsights package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-applicationinsights
Uninstall python-applicationinsights And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-applicationinsights and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-applicationinsights
Remove python-applicationinsights Configurations and Data
To remove python-applicationinsights configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-applicationinsights
Remove python-applicationinsights configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-applicationinsights configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-applicationinsights
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-applicationinsights package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
