How To Install python-debianbts on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-debianbts on Ubuntu 18.04. python-debianbts is Python interface to Debians Bug Tracking System

Introduction

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

What is python-debianbts

python-debianbts is:

This package provides the debianbts module, which allows one to query Debian’s BTS via it’s SOAP-interface and returns the answer in Python’s native data types.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-debianbts

Install python-debianbts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-debianbts

Install python-debianbts 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-debianbts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-debianbts

How To Uninstall python-debianbts on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-debianbts

Uninstall python-debianbts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-debianbts

Remove python-debianbts Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-debianbts

Remove python-debianbts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-debianbts

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Summary

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