How To Install python-cliff on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cliff on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cliff
python-cliff is:
Cliff is a framework for building command line programs. It uses plugins to define sub-commands, output formatters, and other extensions.
The cliff framework is meant to be used to create multi-level commands such as Subversion and git, where the main program handles some basic argument parsing and then invokes a sub-command to do the work.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-cliff 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-cliff 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-cliff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cliff
Install python-cliff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cliff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cliff
Install python-cliff 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-cliff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cliff
How To Uninstall python-cliff on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cliff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cliff
Uninstall python-cliff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cliff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cliff
Remove python-cliff Configurations and Data
To remove python-cliff configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cliff
Remove python-cliff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cliff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cliff
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cliff package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
