How To Install python-application on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-application on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-application
python-application is:
This module provides some basic components that can be used to simplify building Python applications.
The components included by this package encapsulate the functionality to handle the following tasks:
- UNIX process management (forking, signal handling, pid file creation)
- A very simple to use interface to handle configuration files.
- An extensible system logger for console and/or syslog.
- Miscellaneous utilities and helpers.
- Memory troubleshooting and execution timing.
- Communicate inside the application using a notification system.
- Manage the version number for applications, modules and packages.
- Verify package dependencies at runtime.
There are three methods to install python-application 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 python-application Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-application using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-application
Install python-application Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-application using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-application
Install python-application 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 python-application using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-application
How To Uninstall python-application on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-application package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-application
Uninstall python-application And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-application and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-application
Remove python-application Configurations and Data
To remove python-application configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-application
Remove python-application configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-application configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-application
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-application package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
