How To Install python-libevt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libevt
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libevt
python-libevt is:
libevt is a library to access the Windows Event Log (EVT) format.
This package contains Python 2 bindings for libevt.
There are three methods to install python-libevt
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-libevt 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-libevt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libevt
Install python-libevt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libevt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libevt
Install python-libevt 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-libevt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libevt
How To Uninstall python-libevt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libevt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libevt
Uninstall python-libevt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libevt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libevt
Remove python-libevt Configurations and Data
To remove python-libevt
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libevt
Remove python-libevt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libevt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libevt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libevt
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.