How To Install python-rpm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rpm on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-rpm
python-rpm is:
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.
This package includes the Python bindings for librpm, allowing Python scripts to manipulate RPM packages and the RPM database.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-rpm on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-rpm 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-rpm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rpm
Install python-rpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rpm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rpm
Install python-rpm 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-rpm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rpm
How To Uninstall python-rpm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-rpm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rpm
Uninstall python-rpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rpm
Remove python-rpm Configurations and Data
To remove python-rpm configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rpm
Remove python-rpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rpm package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
