How To Install libapache2-mod-wsgi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-wsgi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libapache2-mod-wsgi
libapache2-mod-wsgi is:
The mod_wsgi adapter is an Apache module that provides a WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface, a standard interface between web server software and web applications written in Python) compliant interface for hosting Python based web applications within Apache. The adapter provides significantly better performance than using existing WSGI adapters for mod_python or CGI.
This package provides module for Python 2.X.
There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-wsgi 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 libapache2-mod-wsgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-wsgi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-wsgi
Install libapache2-mod-wsgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-wsgi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-wsgi
Install libapache2-mod-wsgi 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 libapache2-mod-wsgi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-wsgi
How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-wsgi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-wsgi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-wsgi
Uninstall libapache2-mod-wsgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapache2-mod-wsgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-wsgi
Remove libapache2-mod-wsgi Configurations and Data
To remove libapache2-mod-wsgi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-wsgi
Remove libapache2-mod-wsgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-wsgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-wsgi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-wsgi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
