How To Install python-scales on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scales on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-scales
python-scales is:
A library to generate metrics for Python. It provides counters, timers, 1/5/15 minute averaged rates, hierarchical metrics. It can send metrics to a log file, to Graphite for graphing or serve them through an HTTP server.
There are three methods to install python-scales 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-scales 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-scales using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-scales
Install python-scales Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-scales using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-scales
Install python-scales 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-scales using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-scales
How To Uninstall python-scales on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-scales package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-scales
Uninstall python-scales And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-scales and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-scales
Remove python-scales Configurations and Data
To remove python-scales configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-scales
Remove python-scales configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-scales configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-scales
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scales package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
