How To Install python-mtbl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mtbl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mtbl
python-mtbl is:
mtbl is a C library implementation of the Sorted String Table (SSTable) data structure, based on the SSTable implementation in the open source Google LevelDB library. An SSTable is a file containing an immutable mapping of keys to values. Keys are stored in sorted order, with an index at the end of the file allowing keys to be located quickly.
mtbl is not a database library. It does not provide an updateable key-value data store, but rather exposes primitives for creating, searching and merging SSTable files. Unlike databases which use the SSTable data structure internally as part of their data store, management of SSTable files – creation, merging, deletion, combining of search results from multiple SSTables – is left to the discretion of the mtbl library user.
This package contains the Python extension module for libmtbl.
There are three methods to install python-mtbl 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-mtbl 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-mtbl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mtbl
Install python-mtbl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mtbl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mtbl
Install python-mtbl 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-mtbl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mtbl
How To Uninstall python-mtbl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mtbl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mtbl
Uninstall python-mtbl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mtbl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mtbl
Remove python-mtbl Configurations and Data
To remove python-mtbl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mtbl
Remove python-mtbl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mtbl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mtbl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mtbl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
