How To Install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs on Ubuntu 18.04. python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs is Python filesystem abstraction - Tahoe-LAFS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs is:

Pyfilesystem is a Python module that provides a common interface to many types of filesystem, and provides some powerful features such as exposing filesystems over an internet connection, or to the native filesystem.

This package is a dependency package, which depends on tahoe-lafs required for accessing Tahoe Least Authority File System.

There are three methods to install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs 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-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs 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-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

Install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

Install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs 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-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

How To Uninstall python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

Uninstall python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

Remove python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs Configurations and Data

To remove python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

Remove python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-tahoe-lafs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.