How To Install python3-google-apputils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-google-apputils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-google-apputils
python3-google-apputils is:
This project is a small collection of utilities for building Python applications. It includes some of the same set of utilities used to build and run internal Python apps at Google.
It features:
- Simple application startup integrated with python-gflags.
- Subcommands for command-line applications.
- Option to drop into pdb on uncaught exceptions.
- Helper functions for dealing with files.
- High-level profiling tools.
- Timezone-aware wrappers for datetime.datetime classes.
- Improved TestCase with the same methods as unittest2, plus helpful flags for test startup.
- google_test setuptools command for running tests.
- Helper module for creating application stubs.
This package provides the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-google-apputils 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-google-apputils 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-google-apputils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-google-apputils
Install python3-google-apputils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-google-apputils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-google-apputils
Install python3-google-apputils 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-google-apputils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-google-apputils
How To Uninstall python3-google-apputils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-google-apputils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-google-apputils
Uninstall python3-google-apputils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-google-apputils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-google-apputils
Remove python3-google-apputils Configurations and Data
To remove python3-google-apputils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-google-apputils
Remove python3-google-apputils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-google-apputils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-google-apputils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-google-apputils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
