How To Install python-scruffy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scruffy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-scruffy
python-scruffy is:
Scruffy is a framework for taking care of a bunch of boilerplate in Python apps. It handles the loading of configuration files, the loading and management of plugins, and the management of other filesystem resources such as temporary files and directories, log files, etc.
A typical use case for Scruffy is a command-line Python tool with some or all of the following requirements:
- Read a set of configuration defaults
- Read a local configuration file and apply it on top of the defaults
- Allow overriding some configuration options with command line flags or at runtime
- Load a core set of Python-based plugins
- Load a set of user-defined Python-based plugins
- Generate log files whose name, location and other logging settings are based on configuration
- Store application state between runs in a file or database
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-scruffy 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-scruffy 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-scruffy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-scruffy
Install python-scruffy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-scruffy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-scruffy
Install python-scruffy 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-scruffy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-scruffy
How To Uninstall python-scruffy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-scruffy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-scruffy
Uninstall python-scruffy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-scruffy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-scruffy
Remove python-scruffy Configurations and Data
To remove python-scruffy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-scruffy
Remove python-scruffy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-scruffy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-scruffy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scruffy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
