How To Install python-multi-key-dict on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-multi-key-dict on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-multi-key-dict
python-multi-key-dict is:
Implementation of a multi-key dictionary, i.e.: (key1[,key2, ..]) => value
This dictionary has a similar interface to the standard dictionary, but is extended to support multiple keys referring to the same element.
Multi-key dict provides also extended interface for iterating over items and keys (e.g. by the key type), which might be useful when creating, e.g. dictionaries with index-name key pair allowing to iterate over items using either: names or indexes. It can be useful for many other similar use-cases, and there is no limit to the number of keys used to map to the value.
There are few other useful methods, e.g. to iterate over dictionary (by/using) selected key type, finding other keys mapping to the same value etc.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-multi-key-dict 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-multi-key-dict 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-multi-key-dict using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-multi-key-dict
Install python-multi-key-dict Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-multi-key-dict using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-multi-key-dict
Install python-multi-key-dict 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-multi-key-dict using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-multi-key-dict
How To Uninstall python-multi-key-dict on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-multi-key-dict package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-multi-key-dict
Uninstall python-multi-key-dict And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-multi-key-dict and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-multi-key-dict
Remove python-multi-key-dict Configurations and Data
To remove python-multi-key-dict configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-multi-key-dict
Remove python-multi-key-dict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-multi-key-dict configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-multi-key-dict
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-multi-key-dict package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
