How To Install python-execnet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-execnet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-execnet
python-execnet is:
execnet provides carefully tested means to ad-hoc interact with Python interpreters across version, platform and network barriers. It provides a minimal and fast API targeting the following uses:
- distribute tasks to local or remote CPUs
- write and deploy hybrid multi-process applications
- write scripts to administer a bunch of exec environments
This package contains execnet for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-execnet 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-execnet 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-execnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-execnet
Install python-execnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-execnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-execnet
Install python-execnet 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-execnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-execnet
How To Uninstall python-execnet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-execnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-execnet
Uninstall python-execnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-execnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-execnet
Remove python-execnet Configurations and Data
To remove python-execnet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-execnet
Remove python-execnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-execnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-execnet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-execnet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
