How To Install python-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-debconf
python-debconf is:
Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.
This package provides a debconf module to allow Python 2 programs to interact with a debconf frontend.
There are three methods to install python-debconf 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-debconf 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-debconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-debconf
Install python-debconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-debconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-debconf
Install python-debconf 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-debconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-debconf
How To Uninstall python-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-debconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-debconf
Uninstall python-debconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-debconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-debconf
Remove python-debconf Configurations and Data
To remove python-debconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-debconf
Remove python-debconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-debconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-debconf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-debconf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
