How To Install python-pycares on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycares
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pycares
python-pycares is:
pycares is a Python module which provides an interface to c-ares. c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolutions asynchronously.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pycares
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-pycares 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-pycares
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pycares
Install python-pycares Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pycares
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pycares
Install python-pycares 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-pycares
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pycares
How To Uninstall python-pycares on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pycares
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pycares
Uninstall python-pycares And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pycares
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycares
Remove python-pycares Configurations and Data
To remove python-pycares
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycares
Remove python-pycares configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pycares
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycares
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycares
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.