How To Install python-bond on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bond on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-bond
python-bond is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This is the ‘bond’ process state machine library Python bindings.
Bond is a mechanism for checking when another process has terminated. A bond allows two processes, A and B, to know when the other has terminated, either cleanly or by crashing. The bond remains connected until it is either broken explicitly or until a heartbeat times out.
There are three methods to install python-bond 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-bond 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-bond using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bond
Install python-bond Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bond using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bond
Install python-bond 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-bond using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bond
How To Uninstall python-bond on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-bond package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bond
Uninstall python-bond And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bond and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bond
Remove python-bond Configurations and Data
To remove python-bond configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bond
Remove python-bond configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bond configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bond
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bond package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
