How To Install python3-lockfile on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lockfile on Ubuntu.
What is python3-lockfile
python3-lockfile is:
The ‘lockfile’ library exports a ‘LockFile’ class which provides a simple API for locking files.
The appropriate implementation for ‘LockFile’ is chosen automatically based on the OS capabilities for an atomic filesystem operation. These implementations are also available for explicit use as ‘LinkLockFile’ and ‘MkdirLockFile’.
Other back ends are possible with the same semantics. Examples included are:
- ‘SQLiteLockFile’, using records in an SQLite database.
- ‘PIDLockFile’, using the semantics of a Unix PID file.
Unlike other Python locking libraries (the Windows ‘msvcrt.locking’ function, the Unix ‘fcntl.flock’, ‘fcntl.lockf’, and the deprecated ‘posixfile’ module), the API is identical across both Unix (including GNU/Linux and MacOS) and Windows platforms.
This package installs the Python 3 library.
There are three methods to install python3-lockfile on Ubuntu. 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-lockfile 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-lockfile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-lockfile
Install python3-lockfile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-lockfile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-lockfile
Install python3-lockfile 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-lockfile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-lockfile
How To Uninstall python3-lockfile on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-lockfile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-lockfile
Uninstall python3-lockfile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-lockfile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lockfile
Remove python3-lockfile Configurations and Data
To remove python3-lockfile configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lockfile
Remove python3-lockfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-lockfile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lockfile
Dependencies
python3-lockfile have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lockfile package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.