How To Install python-rlp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rlp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rlp
python-rlp is:
The purpose of RLP (Recursive Length Prefix) is to encode arbitrarily nested arrays of binary data, and RLP is the main encoding method used to serialize objects in Ethereum.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-rlp 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-rlp 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-rlp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rlp
Install python-rlp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rlp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rlp
Install python-rlp 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-rlp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rlp
How To Uninstall python-rlp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rlp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rlp
Uninstall python-rlp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rlp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rlp
Remove python-rlp Configurations and Data
To remove python-rlp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rlp
Remove python-rlp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rlp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rlp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rlp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.