How To Install python-loofah on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-loofah on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-loofah
python-loofah is:
Loofah can be used to upload a subset of the Debian archive to the Debile infrastructure for rebuilding. It syncs down the apt Sources list and places it in mongodb for fast queries. This then allows the user to manually run rebuilds on any source package that fits a set of critera (written in the form of a mongo query), which get pulled and uploaded by ricky.
There are three methods to install python-loofah 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-loofah 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-loofah using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-loofah
Install python-loofah Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-loofah using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-loofah
Install python-loofah 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-loofah using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-loofah
How To Uninstall python-loofah on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-loofah package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-loofah
Uninstall python-loofah And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-loofah and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-loofah
Remove python-loofah Configurations and Data
To remove python-loofah configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-loofah
Remove python-loofah configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-loofah configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-loofah
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-loofah package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
