How To Install python-aws-xray-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aws-xray-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-aws-xray-sdk
python-aws-xray-sdk is:
AWS X-Ray is a service that collects data about requests that your application serves, and provides tools you can use to view, filter, and gain insights into that data to identify issues and opportunities for optimization. For any traced request to your application, you can see detailed information not only about the request and response, but also about calls that your application makes to downstream AWS resources, microservices, databases and HTTP web APIs.
This package provides the Python 2 version of the module.
There are three methods to install python-aws-xray-sdk 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-aws-xray-sdk 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-aws-xray-sdk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-aws-xray-sdk
Install python-aws-xray-sdk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-aws-xray-sdk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-aws-xray-sdk
Install python-aws-xray-sdk 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-aws-xray-sdk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-aws-xray-sdk
How To Uninstall python-aws-xray-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-aws-xray-sdk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-aws-xray-sdk
Uninstall python-aws-xray-sdk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-aws-xray-sdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aws-xray-sdk
Remove python-aws-xray-sdk Configurations and Data
To remove python-aws-xray-sdk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-aws-xray-sdk
Remove python-aws-xray-sdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-aws-xray-sdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aws-xray-sdk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aws-xray-sdk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
