How To Install python3-networkmanager on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-networkmanager on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-networkmanager is Python 3 interface to the NetworkManager D-Bus interface

Introduction

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

What is python3-networkmanager

python3-networkmanager is:

python-networkmanager wraps NetworkManager’s D-Bus interface so you can be less verbose when talking to NetworkManager from Python. All interfaces have been wrapped in classes, properties are exposed as Python properties and function calls are forwarded to the correct interface.

See docs/index.rst for the documentation. An HTML version can be found on http://packages.python.org/python-networkmanager/

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-networkmanager

Install python3-networkmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-networkmanager

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-networkmanager

How To Uninstall python3-networkmanager on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-networkmanager

Uninstall python3-networkmanager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-networkmanager

Remove python3-networkmanager Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-networkmanager

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

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

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

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Summary

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