How To Install python-dulwich on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dulwich on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-dulwich
python-dulwich is:
Dulwich is a Python implementation of the file formats and protocols used by the Git version control system. It can currently read from and write to existing Git repositories and implements the protocol for pushing and receiving packs from remote servers.
All functionality is available in pure Python, but for improved performance replacements of some modules written in C are also available. This package includes the high performance versions.
This package contains the module built for Python version 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-dulwich 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-dulwich 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-dulwich using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dulwich
Install python-dulwich Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dulwich using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dulwich
Install python-dulwich 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-dulwich using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dulwich
How To Uninstall python-dulwich on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-dulwich package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dulwich
Uninstall python-dulwich And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dulwich and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dulwich
Remove python-dulwich Configurations and Data
To remove python-dulwich configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dulwich
Remove python-dulwich configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dulwich configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dulwich
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dulwich package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
