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