How To Install python3-libmaas on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libmaas on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-libmaas is MAAS asyncio client library (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libmaas on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-libmaas

python3-libmaas is:

The MAAS Python Client library provides an asyncio based library to interact with MAAS.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-libmaas 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 python3-libmaas Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-libmaas using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-libmaas

Install python3-libmaas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-libmaas using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-libmaas

Install python3-libmaas 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 python3-libmaas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-libmaas

How To Uninstall python3-libmaas on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-libmaas package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-libmaas

Uninstall python3-libmaas And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-libmaas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libmaas

Remove python3-libmaas Configurations and Data

To remove python3-libmaas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libmaas

Remove python3-libmaas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-libmaas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libmaas

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libmaas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.