How To Install python3-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-lxc is Linux Containers userspace tools (Python 3.x bindings)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-lxc

python3-lxc is:

Containers are insulated areas inside a system, which have their own namespace for filesystem, network, PID, IPC, CPU and memory allocation and which can be created using the Control Group and Namespace features included in the Linux kernel.

This package contains the Python 3.x bindings.

There are three methods to install python3-lxc 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-lxc 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-lxc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-lxc

Install python3-lxc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-lxc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-lxc

Install python3-lxc 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-lxc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-lxc

How To Uninstall python3-lxc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-lxc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-lxc

Uninstall python3-lxc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-lxc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lxc

Remove python3-lxc Configurations and Data

To remove python3-lxc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lxc

Remove python3-lxc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-lxc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lxc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lxc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.