How To Install python3-ncclient on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ncclient
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-ncclient
python3-ncclient is:
ncclient is a Python library that facilitates client-side scripting and application development around the NETCONF protocol.
NETCONF (Network Configuration Protocol) provides mechanisms to install, manipulate, and delete the configuration of network devices. Its operations are realized on top of a simple remote procedure call (RPC) layer.
The NETCONF protocol uses an Extensible Markup Language (XML) based data encoding for the configuration data as well as the protocol messages.
This package provides the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-ncclient
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-ncclient 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-ncclient
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-ncclient
Install python3-ncclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-ncclient
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-ncclient
Install python3-ncclient 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-ncclient
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-ncclient
How To Uninstall python3-ncclient on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-ncclient
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-ncclient
Uninstall python3-ncclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-ncclient
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ncclient
Remove python3-ncclient Configurations and Data
To remove python3-ncclient
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ncclient
Remove python3-ncclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-ncclient
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ncclient
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ncclient
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.