How To Install python3-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-atomicwrites
python3-atomicwrites is:
It uses a temporary file in the same directory as the given path. This ensures that the temporary file resides on the same filesystem. The temporary file will then be atomically moved to the target location: On POSIX, it will use rename if files should be overwritten, otherwise a combination of link and unlink.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-atomicwrites 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 python3-atomicwrites Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-atomicwrites using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-atomicwrites
Install python3-atomicwrites Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-atomicwrites using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-atomicwrites
Install python3-atomicwrites 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 python3-atomicwrites using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-atomicwrites
How To Uninstall python3-atomicwrites on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-atomicwrites package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-atomicwrites
Uninstall python3-atomicwrites And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-atomicwrites and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-atomicwrites
Remove python3-atomicwrites Configurations and Data
To remove python3-atomicwrites configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-atomicwrites
Remove python3-atomicwrites configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-atomicwrites configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-atomicwrites
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-atomicwrites package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
