How To Install python3-zfec on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zfec
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-zfec
python3-zfec is:
Fast, portable, programmable erasure coding a.k.a. “forward error correction”: the generation of redundant blocks of information such that if some blocks are lost then the original data can be recovered from the remaining blocks. This package includes a Python 3 API.
There are three methods to install python3-zfec
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-zfec 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-zfec
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-zfec
Install python3-zfec Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-zfec
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-zfec
Install python3-zfec 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-zfec
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-zfec
How To Uninstall python3-zfec on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-zfec
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-zfec
Uninstall python3-zfec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-zfec
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-zfec
Remove python3-zfec Configurations and Data
To remove python3-zfec
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-zfec
Remove python3-zfec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-zfec
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-zfec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zfec
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.