How To Install python-txzmq on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txzmq on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-txzmq
python-txzmq is:
txZMQ allows one to integrate easily 0MQ sockets into Twisted event loop (reactor).
0MQ is a high performance asynchronous brokerless messaging library.
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-txzmq 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-txzmq 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-txzmq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-txzmq
Install python-txzmq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-txzmq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-txzmq
Install python-txzmq 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-txzmq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-txzmq
How To Uninstall python-txzmq on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-txzmq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-txzmq
Uninstall python-txzmq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-txzmq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-txzmq
Remove python-txzmq Configurations and Data
To remove python-txzmq configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-txzmq
Remove python-txzmq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-txzmq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-txzmq
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txzmq package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
