How To Install python-portalocker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-portalocker on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-portalocker
python-portalocker is:
Portalocker is a cross-platform library to provide an easy API to file locking.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-portalocker 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-portalocker 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-portalocker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-portalocker
Install python-portalocker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-portalocker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-portalocker
Install python-portalocker 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-portalocker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-portalocker
How To Uninstall python-portalocker on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-portalocker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-portalocker
Uninstall python-portalocker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-portalocker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-portalocker
Remove python-portalocker Configurations and Data
To remove python-portalocker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-portalocker
Remove python-portalocker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-portalocker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-portalocker
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-portalocker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
