How To Install python-gerritlib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gerritlib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gerritlib
python-gerritlib is:
Gerritlib is a Python library for interacting with Gerrit.
It aims to provide a more conventionally pythonic way of managing a Gerrit instance.
There are three methods to install python-gerritlib 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-gerritlib 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-gerritlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gerritlib
Install python-gerritlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gerritlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gerritlib
Install python-gerritlib 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-gerritlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gerritlib
How To Uninstall python-gerritlib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gerritlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gerritlib
Uninstall python-gerritlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gerritlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gerritlib
Remove python-gerritlib Configurations and Data
To remove python-gerritlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gerritlib
Remove python-gerritlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gerritlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gerritlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gerritlib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
