How To Install python-couchdbkit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-couchdbkit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-couchdbkit
python-couchdbkit is:
Couchdbkit provides you a full featured and easy client to access and manage CouchDB. It allows you to manage a CouchDB server, databases, doc managements and view access. All objects mostly reflect Python objects for convenience.
There are three methods to install python-couchdbkit 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-couchdbkit 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-couchdbkit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-couchdbkit
Install python-couchdbkit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-couchdbkit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-couchdbkit
Install python-couchdbkit 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-couchdbkit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-couchdbkit
How To Uninstall python-couchdbkit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-couchdbkit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-couchdbkit
Uninstall python-couchdbkit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-couchdbkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-couchdbkit
Remove python-couchdbkit Configurations and Data
To remove python-couchdbkit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-couchdbkit
Remove python-couchdbkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-couchdbkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-couchdbkit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-couchdbkit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
