How To Install python-multicorn on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-multicorn on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-multicorn
python-multicorn is:
Multicorn is a PostgreSQL extension meant to make Foreign Data Wrapper development easy, by allowing the programmer to use the Python programming language
This package provides a common Python 2 module used by all PostgreSQL versions of the extension.
There are three methods to install python-multicorn 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-multicorn 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-multicorn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-multicorn
Install python-multicorn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-multicorn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-multicorn
Install python-multicorn 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-multicorn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-multicorn
How To Uninstall python-multicorn on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-multicorn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-multicorn
Uninstall python-multicorn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-multicorn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-multicorn
Remove python-multicorn Configurations and Data
To remove python-multicorn configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-multicorn
Remove python-multicorn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-multicorn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-multicorn
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-multicorn package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
