How To Install python-pyeclib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyeclib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyeclib
python-pyeclib is:
This library provides a simple Python interface for implementing erasure codes. To obtain the best possible performance, the underlying erasure code algorithms are written in C.
This library makes use of Jerasure for Reed-Solomon and provides its own flat XOR-based erasure code encoder and decoder. Currently, it implements a specific class of HD Combination Codes (see “Flat XOR-based erasure codes in storage systems: Constructions, efficient recovery, and tradeoffs” in IEEE MSST 2010). These codes are well-suited to archival use-cases, have a simple construction and require a minimum number of participating disks during single-disk reconstruction (think XOR-based LRC code).
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-pyeclib 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-pyeclib 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-pyeclib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyeclib
Install python-pyeclib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyeclib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyeclib
Install python-pyeclib 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-pyeclib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyeclib
How To Uninstall python-pyeclib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyeclib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyeclib
Uninstall python-pyeclib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyeclib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyeclib
Remove python-pyeclib Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyeclib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyeclib
Remove python-pyeclib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyeclib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyeclib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyeclib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
