How To Install python3-parted on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-parted on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-parted
python3-parted is:
pyparted is a set of Python modules that provide Python programmers an interface to libparted (http://www.gnu.org/software/parted), the GNU parted library for disk partitioning and file system manipulation.
This package contains Python 3 extension itself.
There are three methods to install python3-parted 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-parted 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-parted using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-parted
Install python3-parted Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-parted using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-parted
Install python3-parted 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-parted using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-parted
How To Uninstall python3-parted on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-parted package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-parted
Uninstall python3-parted And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-parted and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-parted
Remove python3-parted Configurations and Data
To remove python3-parted configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-parted
Remove python3-parted configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-parted configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-parted
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-parted package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
