How To Install python-metaconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-metaconfig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-metaconfig
python-metaconfig is:
Metaconfig is a library for centralising Python’s ConfigParser files. It is inspired by the logging module where it is increadibly easy to start writing code that depends on logging whilst deferring how log messages will be handled until later.
There are three methods to install python-metaconfig 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-metaconfig 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-metaconfig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-metaconfig
Install python-metaconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-metaconfig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-metaconfig
Install python-metaconfig 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-metaconfig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-metaconfig
How To Uninstall python-metaconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-metaconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-metaconfig
Uninstall python-metaconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-metaconfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-metaconfig
Remove python-metaconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python-metaconfig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-metaconfig
Remove python-metaconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-metaconfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-metaconfig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-metaconfig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
