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