How To Install python-validictory on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-validictory on Ubuntu 18.04. python-validictory is general purpose Python data validator (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-validictory

python-validictory is:

Validictory is a schema validator based on the JSON Schema Proposal (http://json-schema.org).

This package contains bindings for Python 2

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-validictory

Install python-validictory Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-validictory

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-validictory

How To Uninstall python-validictory on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-validictory

Uninstall python-validictory And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-validictory

Remove python-validictory Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-validictory

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

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

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

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Summary

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