How To Install python-jmespath on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-jmespath on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-jmespath
python-jmespath is:
JMESPath is python library which allows you to declaratively specify how to extract elements from a JSON document.
This package contains the module for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-jmespath 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-jmespath 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-jmespath using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-jmespath
Install python-jmespath Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-jmespath using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-jmespath
Install python-jmespath 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-jmespath using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-jmespath
How To Uninstall python-jmespath on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-jmespath package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-jmespath
Uninstall python-jmespath And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-jmespath and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-jmespath
Remove python-jmespath Configurations and Data
To remove python-jmespath configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-jmespath
Remove python-jmespath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-jmespath configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-jmespath
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-jmespath package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
