How To Install python-commando on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-commando on Ubuntu 18.04. python-commando is wrapper for argparse to define declaratively (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-commando on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is `python-commando`

python-commando is:

A simple wrapper for argparse that allows commands and arguments to be defined declaratively using decorators. Note that this does not support all the features of argparse yet.

This package is for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-commando 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-commando 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-commando using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-commando

Install python-commando Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-commando using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-commando

Install python-commando 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-commando using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-commando

How To Uninstall python-commando on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-commando package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-commando

Uninstall python-commando And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-commando and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-commando

Remove python-commando Configurations and Data

To remove python-commando configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-commando

Remove python-commando configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-commando configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-commando

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-commando package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.