How To Install python-lz4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lz4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-lz4
python-lz4 is:
This package provides bindings for the liblz4 compression library.
LZ4 is a very fast lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.
There are three methods to install python-lz4 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-lz4 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-lz4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-lz4
Install python-lz4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-lz4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-lz4
Install python-lz4 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-lz4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-lz4
How To Uninstall python-lz4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-lz4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-lz4
Uninstall python-lz4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-lz4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lz4
Remove python-lz4 Configurations and Data
To remove python-lz4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-lz4
Remove python-lz4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-lz4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-lz4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lz4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
