How To Install python-aptly on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aptly on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-aptly
python-aptly is:
Module which provides access to Aptly instance from Python programming language
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-aptly 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-aptly 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-aptly using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-aptly
Install python-aptly Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-aptly using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-aptly
Install python-aptly 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-aptly using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-aptly
How To Uninstall python-aptly on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-aptly package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-aptly
Uninstall python-aptly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-aptly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aptly
Remove python-aptly Configurations and Data
To remove python-aptly configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-aptly
Remove python-aptly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-aptly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aptly
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aptly package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
