How To Install python-filelock on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-filelock on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-filelock
python-filelock is:
This package contains a single module, which implements a platform independent file locking mechanism for Python. The lock includes a lock counter and is thread safe. This means, when locking the same lock object twice, it will not block.
This package installs the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-filelock 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-filelock 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-filelock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-filelock
Install python-filelock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-filelock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-filelock
Install python-filelock 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-filelock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-filelock
How To Uninstall python-filelock on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-filelock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-filelock
Uninstall python-filelock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-filelock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-filelock
Remove python-filelock Configurations and Data
To remove python-filelock configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-filelock
Remove python-filelock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-filelock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-filelock
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-filelock package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
