How To Install python2-pyro4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pyro4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python2-pyro4
python2-pyro4 is:
Pyro (PYthon Remote Object) is an easy to use and powerful distributed object system for Python. In a distributed object system, clients send requests to distant servers, which owns the remote objects. Pyro simplifies a lot the creation of clients and servers, and has among its features:
- dynamic and static proxies for all remote method invocations,
- a naming service which keeps record of the location of objects,
- mobile objects support: clients and servers can pass objects around,
- exceptions that occur in the remote object is raised on the client too,
- multithreaded server support to handle multiple requests simultaneously.
This package contains the core Pyro4 module for Python 2.x .
The documentation is available in the pyro4-doc package. A lot of examples are available in the pyro4-examples package.
There are three methods to install python2-pyro4 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 python2-pyro4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python2-pyro4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python2-pyro4
Install python2-pyro4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python2-pyro4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python2-pyro4
Install python2-pyro4 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 python2-pyro4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python2-pyro4
How To Uninstall python2-pyro4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python2-pyro4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python2-pyro4
Uninstall python2-pyro4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python2-pyro4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python2-pyro4
Remove python2-pyro4 Configurations and Data
To remove python2-pyro4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python2-pyro4
Remove python2-pyro4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python2-pyro4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python2-pyro4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pyro4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
