How To Install python-radix on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-radix on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-radix
python-radix is:
py-radix is an implementation of a radix tree for Python, which supports storage and lookups of IPv4 and IPv6 networks. This is a Python equivalent to Dave Plonka’s Perl Net::Patricia (it even steals the same radix tree code from MRTd).
The radix tree (a.k.a Patricia tree) is the data structure most commonly used for routing table lookups. It efficiently stores network prefixes of varying lengths and allows fast lookups of containing networks. py-radix’s implementation is built solely for networks (the data structure itself is more general).
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-radix 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-radix 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-radix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-radix
Install python-radix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-radix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-radix
Install python-radix 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-radix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-radix
How To Uninstall python-radix on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-radix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-radix
Uninstall python-radix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-radix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-radix
Remove python-radix Configurations and Data
To remove python-radix configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-radix
Remove python-radix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-radix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-radix
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-radix package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
