How To Install python-os-traits on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-traits on Ubuntu 18.04. python-os-traits is A library containing standardized trait strings for OpenStack

Introduction

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

What is python-os-traits

python-os-traits is:

Traits are strings that represent a feature of some resource provider. This library contains the catalog of constants that have been standardized in the OpenStack community to refer to a particular hardware, virtualization, storage, network, or device trait.

This package provides the Python 2 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-os-traits

Install python-os-traits Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-os-traits

Install python-os-traits 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-os-traits using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-os-traits

How To Uninstall python-os-traits on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-os-traits

Uninstall python-os-traits And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-os-traits

Remove python-os-traits Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-os-traits

Remove python-os-traits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-os-traits

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Summary

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