How To Install python-easyprocess on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-easyprocess on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-easyprocess
python-easyprocess is:
Features:
- layer on top of subprocess_ module
- easy to start, stop programs
- easy to get standard output/error, return code of programs
- command can be list or string
- logging
- timeout
- unit-tests
- cross-platform, development on linux
- global config file with program aliases
- shell is not supported
- pipes are not supported
- stdout/stderr is set only after the subprocess has finished
- stop() does not kill whole subprocess tree
- unicode support
- Method chaining
This package contains the python 2 version of easyprocess
There are three methods to install python-easyprocess 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-easyprocess 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-easyprocess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-easyprocess
Install python-easyprocess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-easyprocess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-easyprocess
Install python-easyprocess 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-easyprocess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-easyprocess
How To Uninstall python-easyprocess on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-easyprocess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-easyprocess
Uninstall python-easyprocess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-easyprocess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-easyprocess
Remove python-easyprocess Configurations and Data
To remove python-easyprocess configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-easyprocess
Remove python-easyprocess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-easyprocess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-easyprocess
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-easyprocess package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
