How To Install python-bsddb3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bsddb3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-bsddb3
python-bsddb3 is:
This module provides a nearly complete wrapping of the Oracle/Sleepycat C API for the Database Environment, Database, Cursor, Sequence and Transaction objects, and each of these is exposed as a Python Type in the bsddb3.db module. The database objects can use various access methods: btree, hash, recno and queue. Complete support of Berkeley DB distributed transactions. Complete support for Berkeley DB Replication Manager. Complete support for Berkeley DB Base Replication. Support for RPC.
There are three methods to install python-bsddb3 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-bsddb3 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-bsddb3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bsddb3
Install python-bsddb3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bsddb3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bsddb3
Install python-bsddb3 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-bsddb3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bsddb3
How To Uninstall python-bsddb3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-bsddb3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bsddb3
Uninstall python-bsddb3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bsddb3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bsddb3
Remove python-bsddb3 Configurations and Data
To remove python-bsddb3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bsddb3
Remove python-bsddb3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bsddb3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bsddb3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bsddb3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
