How To Install pybit-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pybit-client
pybit-client is:
pyBit uses message queues to create a distributed, cross-platform buildd toolkit using a collection of buildds, using source from various VCS clients. pyBit is intended to support rapidly evolving software collections and can support multiple VCS frontends and multiple build backends.
This package provides the Debian buildd client for pyBit to build packages using sbuild.
Each pyBit buildd client needs to install and configure this package to give each client a unique identifier per pyBit database.
There are three methods to install pybit-client 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 pybit-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pybit-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pybit-client
Install pybit-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pybit-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pybit-client
Install pybit-client 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 pybit-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pybit-client
How To Uninstall pybit-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pybit-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pybit-client
Uninstall pybit-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pybit-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybit-client
Remove pybit-client Configurations and Data
To remove pybit-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pybit-client
Remove pybit-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pybit-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybit-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
