How To Install python-positional on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-positional on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-positional
python-positional is:
The Positional Python module provides a decorator which enforces only some args may be passed positionally. The idea and some of the code was taken from the oauth2 client of the google-api client. The decorator makes it easy to support Python 3 style key-word only parameters.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-positional 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-positional 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-positional using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-positional
Install python-positional Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-positional using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-positional
Install python-positional 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-positional using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-positional
How To Uninstall python-positional on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-positional package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-positional
Uninstall python-positional And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-positional and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-positional
Remove python-positional Configurations and Data
To remove python-positional configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-positional
Remove python-positional configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-positional configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-positional
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-positional package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
