How To Install python-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-lxc
python-lxc is:
Containers are insulated areas inside a system, which have their own namespace for filesystem, network, PID, IPC, CPU and memory allocation and which can be created using the Control Group and Namespace features included in the Linux kernel.
This package contains the Python 2.x bindings.
There are three methods to install python-lxc 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-lxc 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-lxc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-lxc
Install python-lxc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-lxc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-lxc
Install python-lxc 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-lxc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-lxc
How To Uninstall python-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-lxc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-lxc
Uninstall python-lxc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-lxc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lxc
Remove python-lxc Configurations and Data
To remove python-lxc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-lxc
Remove python-lxc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-lxc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-lxc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
