How To Install python-transitions on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-transitions on Ubuntu 18.04. python-transitions is Lightweight state machine library (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-transitions on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-transitions

python-transitions is:

transitions is a lightweight, object-oriented state machine implementation.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-transitions 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-transitions 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-transitions using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-transitions

Install python-transitions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-transitions using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-transitions

Install python-transitions 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-transitions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-transitions

How To Uninstall python-transitions on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-transitions package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-transitions

Uninstall python-transitions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-transitions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-transitions

Remove python-transitions Configurations and Data

To remove python-transitions configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-transitions

Remove python-transitions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-transitions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-transitions

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-transitions package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.