How To Install python-cement on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cement on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cement
python-cement is:
Cement is an advanced CLI Application Framework for Python. Its goal is to introduce a standard, and feature-full platform for both simple and complex command line applications as well as support rapid development needs without sacrificing quality. Cement is flexible, and it’s use cases span from the simplicity of a micro-framework to the complexity of a mega-framework.
Features include:
- Core pieces of the framework are customizable via handlers/interfaces
- Extension handler interface to easily extend framework functionality
- Config handler supports parsing multiple config files into one config
- Argument handler parses command line arguments and merges with config
- Log handler supports console and file logging
- Plugin handler provides an interface to easily extend your application
- Hook support adds a bit of magic to apps and also ties into framework
- Handler system connects implementation classes with Interfaces
- Output handler interface renders return dictionaries to console
- Cache handler interface adds caching support for improved performance
- Controller handler supports sub-commands, and nested controllers
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-cement 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-cement 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-cement using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cement
Install python-cement Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cement using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cement
Install python-cement 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-cement using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cement
How To Uninstall python-cement on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cement package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cement
Uninstall python-cement And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cement and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cement
Remove python-cement Configurations and Data
To remove python-cement configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cement
Remove python-cement configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cement configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cement
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cement package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
