How To Install python-sentinels on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sentinels on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sentinels
python-sentinels is:
Sentinels are objects with special meanings that can be passed as meaningful flags rather than special casing 0, None, -1, False etc. Sentinels can be thought of as singletons, but they service the need of having ‘special’ values in code,
This package contains the Python 2 version of the sentinels module.
There are three methods to install python-sentinels 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-sentinels 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-sentinels using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sentinels
Install python-sentinels Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sentinels using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sentinels
Install python-sentinels 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-sentinels using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sentinels
How To Uninstall python-sentinels on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sentinels package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sentinels
Uninstall python-sentinels And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sentinels and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sentinels
Remove python-sentinels Configurations and Data
To remove python-sentinels configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sentinels
Remove python-sentinels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sentinels configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sentinels
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sentinels package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
