How To Install yang-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yang-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is yang-tools
yang-tools is:
This package provides the “yanglint” and “yangre” tools which can be used during the creation of IETF YANG schemas. The tools are not generally useful for normal operation where libyang primarily processes configuration data, not schemas.
There are three methods to install yang-tools 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 yang-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yang-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yang-tools
Install yang-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yang-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yang-tools
Install yang-tools 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 yang-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yang-tools
How To Uninstall yang-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the yang-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yang-tools
Uninstall yang-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yang-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yang-tools
Remove yang-tools Configurations and Data
To remove yang-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yang-tools
Remove yang-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yang-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yang-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yang-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
