How To Install python-launchpadlib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-launchpadlib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-launchpadlib
python-launchpadlib is:
A free Python library for scripting Launchpad through its web services interface.
It currently provides access to the following parts of Launchpad:
- People and Teams
- Team memberships
- Bugs and bugtasks
The Launchpad API is currently in beta, and may well change in ways incompatible with this library.
You can find current API documentation at https://help.launchpad.net/API/launchpadlib
There are three methods to install python-launchpadlib 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-launchpadlib 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-launchpadlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-launchpadlib
Install python-launchpadlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-launchpadlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-launchpadlib
Install python-launchpadlib 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-launchpadlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-launchpadlib
How To Uninstall python-launchpadlib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-launchpadlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-launchpadlib
Uninstall python-launchpadlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-launchpadlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-launchpadlib
Remove python-launchpadlib Configurations and Data
To remove python-launchpadlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-launchpadlib
Remove python-launchpadlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-launchpadlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-launchpadlib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-launchpadlib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
