How To Install python-cloudfiles on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cloudfiles on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cloudfiles
python-cloudfiles is:
Bindings to use the Cloud Files API.
Cloud files is a cloud hosting service that provides “unlimited online storage and CDN” for media (examples given include backups, video files, user content) on a utility computing basis
There are three methods to install python-cloudfiles 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-cloudfiles 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-cloudfiles using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cloudfiles
Install python-cloudfiles Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cloudfiles using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cloudfiles
Install python-cloudfiles 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-cloudfiles using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cloudfiles
How To Uninstall python-cloudfiles on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cloudfiles package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cloudfiles
Uninstall python-cloudfiles And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cloudfiles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cloudfiles
Remove python-cloudfiles Configurations and Data
To remove python-cloudfiles configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cloudfiles
Remove python-cloudfiles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cloudfiles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cloudfiles
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cloudfiles package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
