How To Install python3-tdb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tdb
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-tdb
python3-tdb is:
This is a simple database API. It is modelled after the structure of GDBM. TDB features, unlike GDBM, multiple writers support with appropriate locking and transactions.
This package contains the Python3 bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-tdb
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-tdb 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-tdb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-tdb
Install python3-tdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-tdb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-tdb
Install python3-tdb 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-tdb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-tdb
How To Uninstall python3-tdb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-tdb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-tdb
Uninstall python3-tdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-tdb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tdb
Remove python3-tdb Configurations and Data
To remove python3-tdb
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tdb
Remove python3-tdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-tdb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-tdb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tdb
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.