How To Install python-automaton on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-automaton on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-automaton
python-automaton is:
Automaton is a friendly state machines for Python. This state machine can be used to automatically run a given set of transitions and states in response to events (either from callbacks or from generator/iterator send() values, see PEP 342). On each triggered event, a on_enter and on_exit callback can also be provided which will be called to perform some type of action on leaving a prior state and before entering a new state.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-automaton 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-automaton 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-automaton using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-automaton
Install python-automaton Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-automaton using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-automaton
Install python-automaton 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-automaton using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-automaton
How To Uninstall python-automaton on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-automaton package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-automaton
Uninstall python-automaton And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-automaton and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-automaton
Remove python-automaton Configurations and Data
To remove python-automaton configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-automaton
Remove python-automaton configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-automaton configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-automaton
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-automaton package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
