How To Install python-sclapp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sclapp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sclapp
python-sclapp is:
sclapp is a Python module that makes it easy to write well-behaved command-line applications and helps authors deal with the following issues:
- Signal handling
- Terminal character encodings
- Standard output failures (broken pipes)
- Common command-line options (like –help and –version)
There are three methods to install python-sclapp 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-sclapp 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-sclapp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sclapp
Install python-sclapp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sclapp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sclapp
Install python-sclapp 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-sclapp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sclapp
How To Uninstall python-sclapp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sclapp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sclapp
Uninstall python-sclapp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sclapp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sclapp
Remove python-sclapp Configurations and Data
To remove python-sclapp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sclapp
Remove python-sclapp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sclapp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sclapp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sclapp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
