How To Install python-ubuntutools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ubuntutools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ubuntutools
python-ubuntutools is:
This package ships a collection of APIs, helpers and wrappers used to develop useful utilities for Ubuntu developers.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-ubuntutools 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-ubuntutools 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-ubuntutools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ubuntutools
Install python-ubuntutools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ubuntutools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ubuntutools
Install python-ubuntutools 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-ubuntutools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ubuntutools
How To Uninstall python-ubuntutools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ubuntutools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ubuntutools
Uninstall python-ubuntutools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ubuntutools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ubuntutools
Remove python-ubuntutools Configurations and Data
To remove python-ubuntutools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ubuntutools
Remove python-ubuntutools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ubuntutools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ubuntutools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ubuntutools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
