How To Install python-dpm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dpm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-dpm
python-dpm is:
The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides Python2 bindings for the DPM client library.
There are three methods to install python-dpm 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-dpm 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-dpm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dpm
Install python-dpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dpm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dpm
Install python-dpm 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-dpm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dpm
How To Uninstall python-dpm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-dpm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dpm
Uninstall python-dpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dpm
Remove python-dpm Configurations and Data
To remove python-dpm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dpm
Remove python-dpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dpm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
