How To Install python-pickleshare on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pickleshare on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pickleshare
python-pickleshare is:
Like shelve, a PickleShareDB object acts like a normal dictionary. Unlike shelve, many processes can access the database simultaneously. Changing a value in database is immediately visible to other processes accessing the same database.
Concurrency is possible because the values are stored in separate files. Hence the “database” is a directory where all files are governed by PickleShare.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pickleshare 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-pickleshare 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-pickleshare using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pickleshare
Install python-pickleshare Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pickleshare using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pickleshare
Install python-pickleshare 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-pickleshare using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pickleshare
How To Uninstall python-pickleshare on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pickleshare package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pickleshare
Uninstall python-pickleshare And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pickleshare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pickleshare
Remove python-pickleshare Configurations and Data
To remove python-pickleshare configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pickleshare
Remove python-pickleshare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pickleshare configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pickleshare
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pickleshare package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
