How To Install python-opcua-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opcua-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-opcua-tools
python-opcua-tools is:
An OPC-UA (Open Platform Communications - Unified Architecture) client and server library, written entirely in Python.
This package contains OPC UA tools:
- uabrowse
- uaclient
- uadiscover
- uahistoryread
- uals
- uaread
- uaserver
- uasubscribe
- uawrite
There are three methods to install python-opcua-tools 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-opcua-tools 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-opcua-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-opcua-tools
Install python-opcua-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-opcua-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-opcua-tools
Install python-opcua-tools 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-opcua-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-opcua-tools
How To Uninstall python-opcua-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-opcua-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-opcua-tools
Uninstall python-opcua-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-opcua-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-opcua-tools
Remove python-opcua-tools Configurations and Data
To remove python-opcua-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-opcua-tools
Remove python-opcua-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-opcua-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-opcua-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opcua-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
