How To Install python-azure-devtools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-azure-devtools on Ubuntu 18.04. python-azure-devtools is Microsoft Azure Development Tools for Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-azure-devtools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-azure-devtools

python-azure-devtools is:

This package contains tools to aid in developing Python-based Azure code. Currently it includes scenario_tests, a testing framework to handle much of the busywork associated with testing code that interacts with Azure.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-azure-devtools 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-azure-devtools 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-azure-devtools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-azure-devtools

Install python-azure-devtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-azure-devtools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-azure-devtools

Install python-azure-devtools 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-azure-devtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-azure-devtools

How To Uninstall python-azure-devtools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-azure-devtools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-azure-devtools

Uninstall python-azure-devtools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-azure-devtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-azure-devtools

Remove python-azure-devtools Configurations and Data

To remove python-azure-devtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-azure-devtools

Remove python-azure-devtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-azure-devtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-azure-devtools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-azure-devtools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.