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