How To Install python-zake on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zake on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-zake
python-zake is:
Zake is a Python package that works to provide a nice set of testing utilities for the kazoo library.
It includes the following functionality:
- Storage access (for viewing what was saved/created).
- Kazoo mostly compatible client API.
- Sync/transaction/create/get/delete… commands.
- Listener support.
- And more…
It simplifies testing by providing a client that has a similar API as the kazoo client so that your tests (or applications/libraries that use kazoo) do not require a real zookeeper server to be tested with (since this is not available in all testing environments).
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-zake 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-zake 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-zake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-zake
Install python-zake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-zake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-zake
Install python-zake 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-zake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-zake
How To Uninstall python-zake on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-zake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-zake
Uninstall python-zake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-zake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zake
Remove python-zake Configurations and Data
To remove python-zake configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-zake
Remove python-zake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-zake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-zake
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zake package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
