How To Install python-mk-livestatus on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mk-livestatus on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mk-livestatus
python-mk-livestatus is:
Python MK Livestatus parser ===========================
Access the data returned from MK Livestatus queries as Python lists or dictionaries. It does this by sending queries to the MK Livestatus UNIX socket and parses the returned rows. Read/write permission to the UNIX socket are required.
There are three methods to install python-mk-livestatus 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-mk-livestatus 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-mk-livestatus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mk-livestatus
Install python-mk-livestatus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mk-livestatus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mk-livestatus
Install python-mk-livestatus 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-mk-livestatus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mk-livestatus
How To Uninstall python-mk-livestatus on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mk-livestatus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mk-livestatus
Uninstall python-mk-livestatus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mk-livestatus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mk-livestatus
Remove python-mk-livestatus Configurations and Data
To remove python-mk-livestatus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mk-livestatus
Remove python-mk-livestatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mk-livestatus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mk-livestatus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mk-livestatus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
