How To Install python-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-atomicwrites
python-atomicwrites is:
It uses a temporary file in the same directory as the given path. This ensures that the temporary file resides on the same filesystem. The temporary file will then be atomically moved to the target location: On POSIX, it will use rename if files should be overwritten, otherwise a combination of link and unlink.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-atomicwrites 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-atomicwrites using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-atomicwrites
Install python-atomicwrites Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-atomicwrites using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-atomicwrites
Install python-atomicwrites 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-atomicwrites using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-atomicwrites
How To Uninstall python-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-atomicwrites package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-atomicwrites
Uninstall python-atomicwrites And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-atomicwrites and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-atomicwrites
Remove python-atomicwrites Configurations and Data
To remove python-atomicwrites configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-atomicwrites
Remove python-atomicwrites configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-atomicwrites configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-atomicwrites
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-atomicwrites package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
