How To Install python-libqcow on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libqcow on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libqcow
python-libqcow is:
libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.
This package contains Python 2 bindings for libqcow.
There are three methods to install python-libqcow 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-libqcow 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-libqcow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libqcow
Install python-libqcow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libqcow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libqcow
Install python-libqcow 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-libqcow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libqcow
How To Uninstall python-libqcow on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libqcow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libqcow
Uninstall python-libqcow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libqcow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libqcow
Remove python-libqcow Configurations and Data
To remove python-libqcow configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libqcow
Remove python-libqcow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libqcow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libqcow
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libqcow package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
