How To Install pyro-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyro-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. pyro-gui is graphical tool for Pyro

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyro-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pyro-gui

pyro-gui is:

Pyro (PYthon Remote Object) is an easy to use and powerful distributed object system for Python.

This package contains two graphical name server control tools:

  • xnsc : built on top of the Tk toolkit
  • wxnsc : built on top of wxWidgets

There are three methods to install pyro-gui 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 pyro-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pyro-gui

Install pyro-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pyro-gui

Install pyro-gui 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 pyro-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyro-gui

How To Uninstall pyro-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pyro-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pyro-gui

Uninstall pyro-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyro-gui

Remove pyro-gui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pyro-gui

Remove pyro-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyro-gui

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Summary

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