How To Install python-snappy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snappy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-snappy
python-snappy is:
Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not aim for maximum compression, or compatibility with any other compression library; instead, it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. You can read package libsnappy1 for more information.
This package provides the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-snappy 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-snappy 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-snappy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-snappy
Install python-snappy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-snappy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-snappy
Install python-snappy 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-snappy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-snappy
How To Uninstall python-snappy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-snappy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-snappy
Uninstall python-snappy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-snappy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-snappy
Remove python-snappy Configurations and Data
To remove python-snappy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-snappy
Remove python-snappy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-snappy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-snappy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snappy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
