How To Install python-pylons on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pylons on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pylons
python-pylons is:
Pylons combines the very best ideas from the worlds of Ruby, Python and Perl, providing a structured but extremely flexible Python web framework. It’s also one of the first projects to leverage the emerging WSGI standard, which allows extensive re-use and flexibility, but only if you need it. Out of the box, Pylons aims to make web development fast, flexible and easy.
There are three methods to install python-pylons 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-pylons 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-pylons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pylons
Install python-pylons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pylons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pylons
Install python-pylons 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-pylons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pylons
How To Uninstall python-pylons on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pylons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pylons
Uninstall python-pylons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pylons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pylons
Remove python-pylons Configurations and Data
To remove python-pylons configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pylons
Remove python-pylons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pylons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pylons
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pylons package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
