How To Install python-staticconf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-staticconf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-staticconf
python-staticconf is:
This package contains PyStaticConfiguration, a Python library for loading, validating and reading configuration from many heterogeneous formats. Configuration is split into two phases.
- Configuration Loading: configuration is read from files or Python objects,
flattened, and merged into a container called a
namespace. Namespaces are used to separate unrelated configuration groups. If configuration is changed frequently, it can also be reloaded easily with very little change to the existing code. - Configuration Reading: a configuration value is looked up in the
namespace. It is validating and converted to the requested type.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-staticconf 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-staticconf 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-staticconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-staticconf
Install python-staticconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-staticconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-staticconf
Install python-staticconf 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-staticconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-staticconf
How To Uninstall python-staticconf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-staticconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-staticconf
Uninstall python-staticconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-staticconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-staticconf
Remove python-staticconf Configurations and Data
To remove python-staticconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-staticconf
Remove python-staticconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-staticconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-staticconf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-staticconf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
