How To Install python-ftp-cloudfs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ftp-cloudfs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ftp-cloudfs
python-ftp-cloudfs is:
FTP-CloudFS is an FTP server acting as a proxy to Rackspace Cloud Files or to OpenStack Object Storage (Swift). It allows you to connect via any FTP client to do upload/download or create containers. It supports pseudo-hierarchical folders/directories as described in the Rackspace Cloud Files API and the OpenStack Object Storage API.
This package contains the Python libraries.
There are three methods to install python-ftp-cloudfs 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-ftp-cloudfs 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-ftp-cloudfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ftp-cloudfs
Install python-ftp-cloudfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ftp-cloudfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ftp-cloudfs
Install python-ftp-cloudfs 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-ftp-cloudfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ftp-cloudfs
How To Uninstall python-ftp-cloudfs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ftp-cloudfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ftp-cloudfs
Uninstall python-ftp-cloudfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ftp-cloudfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ftp-cloudfs
Remove python-ftp-cloudfs Configurations and Data
To remove python-ftp-cloudfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ftp-cloudfs
Remove python-ftp-cloudfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ftp-cloudfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ftp-cloudfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ftp-cloudfs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.