How To Install snimpy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snimpy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is snimpy
snimpy is:
Snimpy is a Python-based tool providing a simple interface to build SNMP queries. This interface aims at being the most Pythonic possible: you grab scalars using attributes and columns are like dictionaries.
Snimpy can either be used interactively through its console (derived from Python own console or from IPython if available) or by writing snimpy scripts which are just Python scripts with some global variables available.
There are three methods to install snimpy 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 snimpy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snimpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snimpy
Install snimpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snimpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snimpy
Install snimpy 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 snimpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snimpy
How To Uninstall snimpy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the snimpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snimpy
Uninstall snimpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snimpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snimpy
Remove snimpy Configurations and Data
To remove snimpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snimpy
Remove snimpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snimpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snimpy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snimpy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
