How To Install python-schema on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-schema on Ubuntu 18.04. python-schema is simple data validation library (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-schema on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-schema

python-schema is:

Schema is a library for validating Python data structures, such as those obtained from config-files, forms, external services or command-line parsing, converted from JSON/YAML (or something else) to Python data-types.

This package provides the modules for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-schema 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-schema 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-schema using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-schema

Install python-schema Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-schema using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-schema

Install python-schema 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-schema using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-schema

How To Uninstall python-schema on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-schema package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-schema

Uninstall python-schema And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-schema and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-schema

Remove python-schema Configurations and Data

To remove python-schema configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-schema

Remove python-schema configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-schema configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-schema

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-schema package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.