How To Install python3-metaconfig on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-metaconfig on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-metaconfig is Python ConfigParser bootstrapping library (Python3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-metaconfig

python3-metaconfig is:

Metaconfig is a library for centralising Python’s ConfigParser files. It is inspired by the logging module where it is increadibly easy to start writing code that depends on logging whilst deferring how log messages will be handled until later.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-metaconfig

Install python3-metaconfig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-metaconfig

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-metaconfig

How To Uninstall python3-metaconfig on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-metaconfig

Uninstall python3-metaconfig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-metaconfig

Remove python3-metaconfig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-metaconfig

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

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

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

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Summary

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