How To Install python-pykka on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pykka on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pykka
python-pykka is:
Pykka is a Python implementation of the actor model. The actor model introduces some simple rules to control the sharing of state and cooperation between execution units, which makes it easier to build concurrent applications.
Pykka provides an actor API with multiple implementations: threading, gevent, and Eventlet.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-pykka 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-pykka 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-pykka using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pykka
Install python-pykka Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pykka using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pykka
Install python-pykka 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-pykka using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pykka
How To Uninstall python-pykka on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pykka package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pykka
Uninstall python-pykka And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pykka and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pykka
Remove python-pykka Configurations and Data
To remove python-pykka configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pykka
Remove python-pykka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pykka configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pykka
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pykka package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
