How To Install python-nanomsg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nanomsg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-nanomsg
python-nanomsg is:
nanomsg is a socket library that provides several common communication patterns. It aims to make the networking layer fast, scalable, and easy to use.
This package provides a wrapper for nanomsg for Python 2
There are three methods to install python-nanomsg 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-nanomsg 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-nanomsg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nanomsg
Install python-nanomsg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nanomsg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nanomsg
Install python-nanomsg 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-nanomsg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nanomsg
How To Uninstall python-nanomsg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-nanomsg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nanomsg
Uninstall python-nanomsg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nanomsg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nanomsg
Remove python-nanomsg Configurations and Data
To remove python-nanomsg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nanomsg
Remove python-nanomsg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nanomsg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nanomsg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nanomsg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
