How To Install python-memprof on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-memprof on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-memprof
python-memprof is:
python-memprof logs the memory used by variables during the execution of decorated methods. It creates a report in a text file and you can plot the result using “mp_plot”.
This package contains the Python 2 version of memprof.
There are three methods to install python-memprof 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-memprof 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-memprof using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-memprof
Install python-memprof Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-memprof using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-memprof
Install python-memprof 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-memprof using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-memprof
How To Uninstall python-memprof on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-memprof package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-memprof
Uninstall python-memprof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-memprof and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-memprof
Remove python-memprof Configurations and Data
To remove python-memprof configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-memprof
Remove python-memprof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-memprof configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-memprof
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-memprof package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
