How To Install pycadf-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pycadf-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pycadf-common
pycadf-common is:
pyCADF is an implementation of DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) data model. DMTF Cloud Management Initiative is promoting the work of the Cloud Management Work Group, the Cloud Auditing Data Federation Working Group, the System Virtualization, Partitioning, Clustering Working Group and the Software Entitlement Working Group. See http://dmtf.org for details.
This package contains the common files for both Python 2.7 and 3.x modules.
There are three methods to install pycadf-common 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 pycadf-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pycadf-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pycadf-common
Install pycadf-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pycadf-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pycadf-common
Install pycadf-common 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 pycadf-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pycadf-common
How To Uninstall pycadf-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pycadf-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pycadf-common
Uninstall pycadf-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pycadf-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pycadf-common
Remove pycadf-common Configurations and Data
To remove pycadf-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pycadf-common
Remove pycadf-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pycadf-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pycadf-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pycadf-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
