How To Install python-solv on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-solv
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-solv
python-solv is:
This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:
- Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
- Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.
This package contains the Python (v2) bindings for the libsolv0 library.
There are three methods to install python-solv
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-solv 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-solv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-solv
Install python-solv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-solv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-solv
Install python-solv 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-solv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-solv
How To Uninstall python-solv on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-solv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-solv
Uninstall python-solv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-solv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-solv
Remove python-solv Configurations and Data
To remove python-solv
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-solv
Remove python-solv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-solv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-solv
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-solv
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.