How To Install python-cloudpickle on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cloudpickle on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cloudpickle
python-cloudpickle is:
cloudpickle makes it possible to serialize Python constructs not supported by the default
picklemodule from the Python standard library.
cloudpickle is especially useful for cluster computing where Python expressions are shipped over the network to execute on remote hosts, possibly close to the data.
Among other things, cloudpickle supports pickling for lambda expressions,
functions and classes defined interactively in the __main__ module.
This contains the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-cloudpickle 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-cloudpickle 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-cloudpickle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cloudpickle
Install python-cloudpickle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cloudpickle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cloudpickle
Install python-cloudpickle 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-cloudpickle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cloudpickle
How To Uninstall python-cloudpickle on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cloudpickle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cloudpickle
Uninstall python-cloudpickle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cloudpickle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cloudpickle
Remove python-cloudpickle Configurations and Data
To remove python-cloudpickle configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cloudpickle
Remove python-cloudpickle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cloudpickle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cloudpickle
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cloudpickle package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
