How To Install python-pylibmc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pylibmc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pylibmc
python-pylibmc is:
Pylibmc is a Python wrapper around the accompanying C Python extension _pylibmc, which is a wrapper around libmemcached from TangentOrg. It also manages pooling in a multi-threading environment.
There are three methods to install python-pylibmc 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-pylibmc 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-pylibmc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pylibmc
Install python-pylibmc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pylibmc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pylibmc
Install python-pylibmc 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-pylibmc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pylibmc
How To Uninstall python-pylibmc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pylibmc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pylibmc
Uninstall python-pylibmc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pylibmc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pylibmc
Remove python-pylibmc Configurations and Data
To remove python-pylibmc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pylibmc
Remove python-pylibmc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pylibmc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pylibmc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pylibmc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
