How To Install python3-libnatpmp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libnatpmp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-libnatpmp
python3-libnatpmp is:
NAT-PMP is the direct concurrent to the UPnP IGD specification. It is providing a way to do NAT traversal. It is part of the Bonjour protocol specifications. At the moment it is mainly supported by Apple software and hardware. For a way to add NAT-PMP capabilities to your *BSD, Linux or (Open)Solaris Router, you should have a look at MiniUPnPd which is supporting NAT-PMP in addition to UPnP since December 2007 !
libnatpmp is an attempt to make a portable and fully compliant implementation of the protocol NAT-PMP for the client side. It is based on non blocking sockets and all calls of the API are asynchronous. It is therefore very easy to integrate the NAT-PMP code to any event driven code.
This package contains the Python 3 bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-libnatpmp 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-libnatpmp 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-libnatpmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libnatpmp
Install python3-libnatpmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-libnatpmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libnatpmp
Install python3-libnatpmp 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-libnatpmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libnatpmp
How To Uninstall python3-libnatpmp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-libnatpmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libnatpmp
Uninstall python3-libnatpmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libnatpmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libnatpmp
Remove python3-libnatpmp Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libnatpmp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libnatpmp
Remove python3-libnatpmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libnatpmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libnatpmp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libnatpmp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
