How To Install python-kubernetes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kubernetes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-kubernetes
python-kubernetes is:
This package provides a Python client for kubernetes. Kubernetes is a system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-kubernetes 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-kubernetes 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-kubernetes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-kubernetes
Install python-kubernetes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-kubernetes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-kubernetes
Install python-kubernetes 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-kubernetes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-kubernetes
How To Uninstall python-kubernetes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-kubernetes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-kubernetes
Uninstall python-kubernetes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-kubernetes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-kubernetes
Remove python-kubernetes Configurations and Data
To remove python-kubernetes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-kubernetes
Remove python-kubernetes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-kubernetes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-kubernetes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kubernetes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
