How To Install python-daemonize on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-daemonize on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-daemonize
python-daemonize is:
Daemonize is a library for writing system daemons in Python. It has some bits from http://daemonize.sourceforge.net, and should work under Python 2.x and 3.x.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-daemonize 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-daemonize 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-daemonize using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-daemonize
Install python-daemonize Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-daemonize using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-daemonize
Install python-daemonize 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-daemonize using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-daemonize
How To Uninstall python-daemonize on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-daemonize package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-daemonize
Uninstall python-daemonize And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-daemonize and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-daemonize
Remove python-daemonize Configurations and Data
To remove python-daemonize configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-daemonize
Remove python-daemonize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-daemonize configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-daemonize
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-daemonize package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
