How To Install python-fs-plugin-sftp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-sftp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-fs-plugin-sftp
python-fs-plugin-sftp is:
Pyfilesystem is a Python module that provides a common interface to many types of filesystem, and provides some powerful features such as exposing filesystems over an internet connection, or to the native filesystem.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on paramiko module.
There are three methods to install python-fs-plugin-sftp 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-fs-plugin-sftp 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-fs-plugin-sftp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fs-plugin-sftp
Install python-fs-plugin-sftp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fs-plugin-sftp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fs-plugin-sftp
Install python-fs-plugin-sftp 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-fs-plugin-sftp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fs-plugin-sftp
How To Uninstall python-fs-plugin-sftp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-fs-plugin-sftp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fs-plugin-sftp
Uninstall python-fs-plugin-sftp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fs-plugin-sftp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fs-plugin-sftp
Remove python-fs-plugin-sftp Configurations and Data
To remove python-fs-plugin-sftp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fs-plugin-sftp
Remove python-fs-plugin-sftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fs-plugin-sftp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fs-plugin-sftp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-sftp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
