How To Install python-bson on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bson on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-bson
python-bson is:
BSON Python module contains all of the Binary JSON encoding and decoding logic for MongoDB.
There are three methods to install python-bson 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-bson 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-bson using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bson
Install python-bson Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bson using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bson
Install python-bson 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-bson using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bson
How To Uninstall python-bson on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-bson package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bson
Uninstall python-bson And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bson
Remove python-bson Configurations and Data
To remove python-bson configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bson
Remove python-bson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bson configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bson
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bson package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
