How To Install python-openwsman on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openwsman on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-openwsman
python-openwsman is:
Openwsman is a project intended to provide an open-source implementation of the Web Services Management specification (WS-Management) and to expose system management information on the Linux operating system using the WS-Management protocol. WS-Management is based on a suite of web services specifications and usage requirements that exposes a set of operations focused on and covers all system management aspects.
This package provides the Python bindings for the Openwsman client API.
There are three methods to install python-openwsman 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-openwsman 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-openwsman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-openwsman
Install python-openwsman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-openwsman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-openwsman
Install python-openwsman 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-openwsman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-openwsman
How To Uninstall python-openwsman on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-openwsman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-openwsman
Uninstall python-openwsman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-openwsman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-openwsman
Remove python-openwsman Configurations and Data
To remove python-openwsman configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-openwsman
Remove python-openwsman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-openwsman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-openwsman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openwsman package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.