How To Install python-dcos on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dcos on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-dcos
python-dcos is:
The DCOS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a command line utility that provides a user-friendly yet powerful way to manage DCOS installations. You can use the Mesosphere DCOS command-line interface (CLI) to remotely manage your cluster, install software packages, and inspect the cluster state. With the DCOS CLI you can:
- Find and install packages from DCOS Universe and Multiverse.
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After you install the CLI, you can use it through a bash shell on Unix/Linux systems or PowerShell on a Windows system.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-dcos 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-dcos 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-dcos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dcos
Install python-dcos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dcos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dcos
Install python-dcos 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-dcos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dcos
How To Uninstall python-dcos on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-dcos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dcos
Uninstall python-dcos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dcos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dcos
Remove python-dcos Configurations and Data
To remove python-dcos configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dcos
Remove python-dcos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dcos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dcos
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dcos package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
