How To Install python-pastescript on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pastescript on Ubuntu 18.04. python-pastescript is create file layouts for Python packages and serve webapps

Introduction

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

What is python-pastescript

python-pastescript is:

Paster is pluggable command-line frontend, including commands to setup package file layouts

Built-in features:

  • Creating file layouts for packages. For instance a setuptools-ready file layout.
  • Serving up web applications, with configuration based on paste.deploy

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pastescript

Install python-pastescript Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pastescript

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pastescript

How To Uninstall python-pastescript on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pastescript

Uninstall python-pastescript And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pastescript

Remove python-pastescript Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pastescript

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

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

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

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Summary

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