How to Install python-apt software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install python-apt software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

python-apt software package provides Python interface to libapt-pkg, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python-apt 

python-apt is installed in your system.

Make ensure the python-apt package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep python-apt *

You will get with python-apt package name, version, architecture and description in a table

python-apt package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Python
Package python-apt
Version 0.9.3.5
Description Python interface to libapt-pkg
Sub Section Python


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