How To Install python-portpicker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-portpicker on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-portpicker
python-portpicker is:
Portpicker provides an API to find and return an available network port for an application to bind to. Ideally suited for use from unittests or for test harnesses that launch local servers.
This package installs the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-portpicker 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-portpicker 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-portpicker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-portpicker
Install python-portpicker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-portpicker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-portpicker
Install python-portpicker 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-portpicker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-portpicker
How To Uninstall python-portpicker on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-portpicker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-portpicker
Uninstall python-portpicker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-portpicker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-portpicker
Remove python-portpicker Configurations and Data
To remove python-portpicker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-portpicker
Remove python-portpicker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-portpicker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-portpicker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-portpicker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
