How To Install python-gssapi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gssapi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gssapi
python-gssapi is:
Python Bindings for GSSAPI. These bindings are for both RFC 2743/2744 and many extensions. They are native bindings produced using Cython.
Available extensions will vary based on what your GSSAPI implementation supports; see package documentation for a detailed list of what is available.
There are three methods to install python-gssapi 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-gssapi 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-gssapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gssapi
Install python-gssapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gssapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gssapi
Install python-gssapi 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-gssapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gssapi
How To Uninstall python-gssapi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gssapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gssapi
Uninstall python-gssapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gssapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gssapi
Remove python-gssapi Configurations and Data
To remove python-gssapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gssapi
Remove python-gssapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gssapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gssapi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gssapi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
