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