How To Install python-unshare on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-unshare on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-unshare
python-unshare is:
This simple extension provides bindings to the Linux unshare() syscall, added in kernel version 2.6.16.
By using unshare(), new and interesting features of the Linux kernel can be exploited, such as:
- Creating a new network name space (CLONE_NEWNET)
- Creating a new file system mount name space (CLONE_NEWNS)
- Reverting other features shared from clone()
This library provides an equivalent of the util-linux command-line program unshare. Python-Version: 2.7
There are three methods to install python-unshare 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-unshare 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-unshare using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-unshare
Install python-unshare Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-unshare using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-unshare
Install python-unshare 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-unshare using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-unshare
How To Uninstall python-unshare on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-unshare package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-unshare
Uninstall python-unshare And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-unshare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-unshare
Remove python-unshare Configurations and Data
To remove python-unshare configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-unshare
Remove python-unshare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-unshare configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-unshare
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-unshare package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
