How To Install python-snimpy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snimpy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-snimpy
python-snimpy is:
Snimpy is a Python-based tool providing a simple interface to build SNMP queries. This interface aims at being the most Pythonic possible: you grab scalars using attributes and columns are like dictionaries.
Snimpy can either be used interactively through its console (derived from Python own console or from IPython if available) or by writing snimpy scripts which are just Python scripts with some global variables available.
This package contains the binding for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-snimpy 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-snimpy 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-snimpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-snimpy
Install python-snimpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-snimpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-snimpy
Install python-snimpy 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-snimpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-snimpy
How To Uninstall python-snimpy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-snimpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-snimpy
Uninstall python-snimpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-snimpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-snimpy
Remove python-snimpy Configurations and Data
To remove python-snimpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-snimpy
Remove python-snimpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-snimpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-snimpy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snimpy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
