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