How To Install python-pycadf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycadf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pycadf
python-pycadf is:
pyCADF is an implementation of DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) data model. DMTF Cloud Management Initiative is promoting the work of the Cloud Management Work Group, the Cloud Auditing Data Federation Working Group, the System Virtualization, Partitioning, Clustering Working Group and the Software Entitlement Working Group. See http://dmtf.org for details.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-pycadf 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-pycadf 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-pycadf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pycadf
Install python-pycadf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pycadf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pycadf
Install python-pycadf 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-pycadf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pycadf
How To Uninstall python-pycadf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pycadf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pycadf
Uninstall python-pycadf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pycadf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycadf
Remove python-pycadf Configurations and Data
To remove python-pycadf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycadf
Remove python-pycadf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pycadf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycadf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycadf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
