How To Install python-cachetools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cachetools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cachetools
python-cachetools is:
This Python module provides various memoizing collections and decorators, including a variant of the Python 3 Standard Library functools.lru_cache() function decorator.
The supported cache algorithms are:
- Least recently used (LRU)
- Least frequently used (LFU)
- Random replacement (RR)
- Per-item time-to-live (TTL)
There are three methods to install python-cachetools 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-cachetools 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-cachetools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cachetools
Install python-cachetools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cachetools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cachetools
Install python-cachetools 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-cachetools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cachetools
How To Uninstall python-cachetools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cachetools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cachetools
Uninstall python-cachetools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cachetools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cachetools
Remove python-cachetools Configurations and Data
To remove python-cachetools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cachetools
Remove python-cachetools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cachetools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cachetools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cachetools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
