How To Install python3-reportbug on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-reportbug on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-reportbug
python3-reportbug is:
reportbug is a tool designed to make the reporting of bugs in Debian and derived distributions relatively painless.
This package includes Python modules which may be reusable by other tools that want to interact with the Debian bug tracking system.
To actually report a bug, install the reportbug package.
There are three methods to install python3-reportbug 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-reportbug 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-reportbug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-reportbug
Install python3-reportbug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-reportbug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-reportbug
Install python3-reportbug 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-reportbug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-reportbug
How To Uninstall python3-reportbug on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-reportbug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-reportbug
Uninstall python3-reportbug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-reportbug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-reportbug
Remove python3-reportbug Configurations and Data
To remove python3-reportbug configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-reportbug
Remove python3-reportbug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-reportbug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-reportbug
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-reportbug package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
