How To Install prov-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install prov-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. prov-tools is tools for prov

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prov-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is prov-tools

prov-tools is:

A library for W3C Provenance Data Model supporting PROV-JSON and PROV- XML import/export.

Features:

  • An implementation of the W3C PROV Data Model in Python.
  • In-memory classes for PROV assertions, which can then be output as PROV-N.
  • Serialization and deserializtion support: PROV-JSON and PROV-XML.
  • Exporting PROV documents into various graphical formats (e.g. PDF, PNG, SVG).

This package provides the command-line tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install prov-tools

Install prov-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prov-tools

Install prov-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 prov-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prov-tools

How To Uninstall prov-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the prov-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prov-tools

Uninstall prov-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prov-tools

Remove prov-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prov-tools

Remove prov-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prov-tools

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Summary

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