How To Install python-lmdb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lmdb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-lmdb
python-lmdb is:
Lighting Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) is an ultra-fast, ultra-compact key-value embedded data store developed for the OpenLDAP Project. It uses memory-mapped files, so it has the read performance of a pure in-memory database while still offering the persistence of standard disk-based databases, and is only limited to the size of the virtual address space (it is not limited to the size of physical RAM).
This package contains the ’lmdb’ Python extension module.
There are three methods to install python-lmdb 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-lmdb 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-lmdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-lmdb
Install python-lmdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-lmdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-lmdb
Install python-lmdb 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-lmdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-lmdb
How To Uninstall python-lmdb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-lmdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-lmdb
Uninstall python-lmdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-lmdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lmdb
Remove python-lmdb Configurations and Data
To remove python-lmdb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-lmdb
Remove python-lmdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-lmdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-lmdb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lmdb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
