How To Install python-omniorb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-omniorb on Ubuntu 18.04. python-omniorb is Python bindings for omniORB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-omniorb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-omniorb

python-omniorb is:

omniORB4 is a freely available Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 2.6 compliant object request broker (ORB) implementation. It is based on the IIOP communications protocol and should be interoperable with any other CORBA 2.6 compliant ORB.

This is the Debian package of omniORBpy, the Python bindings to the omniORB libraries.

There are three methods to install python-omniorb 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-omniorb 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-omniorb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-omniorb

Install python-omniorb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-omniorb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-omniorb

Install python-omniorb 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-omniorb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-omniorb

How To Uninstall python-omniorb on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-omniorb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-omniorb

Uninstall python-omniorb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-omniorb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-omniorb

Remove python-omniorb Configurations and Data

To remove python-omniorb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-omniorb

Remove python-omniorb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-omniorb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-omniorb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-omniorb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.