How To Install python-mailmanclient on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mailmanclient on Ubuntu 18.04. python-mailmanclient is Python bindings for Mailman3 REST API (Python 2 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mailmanclient on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-mailmanclient

python-mailmanclient is:

Mailmanclient provides the official REST API to interact with Mailman3 server. This library is required by the official web interfaces for archive browsing and administration of a server.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python-mailmanclient 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-mailmanclient 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-mailmanclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-mailmanclient

Install python-mailmanclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-mailmanclient using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-mailmanclient

Install python-mailmanclient 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-mailmanclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mailmanclient

How To Uninstall python-mailmanclient on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-mailmanclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-mailmanclient

Uninstall python-mailmanclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mailmanclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mailmanclient

Remove python-mailmanclient Configurations and Data

To remove python-mailmanclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mailmanclient

Remove python-mailmanclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-mailmanclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mailmanclient

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mailmanclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.