How To Install python-oslo-serialization on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-oslo-serialization on Ubuntu 18.04. python-oslo-serialization is transitional dummy package for python-oslo-serialization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-oslo-serialization on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-oslo-serialization

python-oslo-serialization is:

This transitional package is safe to remove and use python-oslo.serialization instead.

There are three methods to install python-oslo-serialization 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-oslo-serialization 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-oslo-serialization using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-oslo-serialization

Install python-oslo-serialization Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-oslo-serialization using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-oslo-serialization

Install python-oslo-serialization 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-oslo-serialization using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-oslo-serialization

How To Uninstall python-oslo-serialization on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-oslo-serialization package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-oslo-serialization

Uninstall python-oslo-serialization And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-oslo-serialization and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-oslo-serialization

Remove python-oslo-serialization Configurations and Data

To remove python-oslo-serialization configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-oslo-serialization

Remove python-oslo-serialization configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-oslo-serialization configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-oslo-serialization

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-oslo-serialization package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.