How To Install python-tnetstring on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tnetstring on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-tnetstring
python-tnetstring is:
Python implementation of the tnetstring serialization format.
Tnetstring is a lot like JSON but it uses a new syntax called “typed netstrings” that was proposed for use in the Mongrel2 webserver. It’s designed to be simpler and easier to implement than JSON, with a happy consequence of also being faster in many cases.
This Python library provided functions to read and write tnetstrings.
There are three methods to install python-tnetstring 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-tnetstring 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-tnetstring using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tnetstring
Install python-tnetstring Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tnetstring using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tnetstring
Install python-tnetstring 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-tnetstring using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tnetstring
How To Uninstall python-tnetstring on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-tnetstring package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tnetstring
Uninstall python-tnetstring And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tnetstring and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tnetstring
Remove python-tnetstring Configurations and Data
To remove python-tnetstring configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tnetstring
Remove python-tnetstring configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tnetstring configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tnetstring
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tnetstring package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
