How To Install python-pyeapi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyeapi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyeapi
python-pyeapi is:
The Python Client for eAPI (pyeapi) is a native Python library wrapper around Arista EOS eAPI. It provides a set of Python language bindings for configuring Arista EOS nodes. It can be used either on a local node (running EOS) or on a remote node.
This library also provides an API layer for building native Python objects to interact with the destination nodes. The API layer is a convenient implementation for working with the EOS configuration and is extensible for developing custom implementations. For example, it allows one to list VLAN or configure a BGP session.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-pyeapi 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-pyeapi 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-pyeapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyeapi
Install python-pyeapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyeapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyeapi
Install python-pyeapi 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-pyeapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyeapi
How To Uninstall python-pyeapi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyeapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyeapi
Uninstall python-pyeapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyeapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyeapi
Remove python-pyeapi Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyeapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyeapi
Remove python-pyeapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyeapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyeapi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyeapi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
