How To Install python-flask-rdf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-rdf on Debian 9. python-flask-rdf is Flask decorator to output RDF using content negotiation (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-rdf on Debian 9.

What is python-flask-rdf

python-flask-rdf is:

Apply the @flask_rdf decorator to a view function and return an rdflib Graph object. Flask_rdf will automatically format it into an RDF output format, depending on what the request??s Accept header says. If the view function returns something besides an rdflib graph, it will be passed through without modification.

Custom formats can be registered easily. After registering the new serializer with rdflib??s plugin support, use the decide_format method to register a new mimetype request to use the new formatter.

This package works with Python versions 2.x.

There are three methods to install python-flask-rdf on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-flask-rdf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-flask-rdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-flask-rdf

Install python-flask-rdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-flask-rdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-flask-rdf

Install python-flask-rdf 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-flask-rdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-flask-rdf

How To Uninstall python-flask-rdf on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-flask-rdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-flask-rdf

Uninstall python-flask-rdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-flask-rdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-flask-rdf

Remove python-flask-rdf Configurations and Data

To remove python-flask-rdf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-flask-rdf

Remove python-flask-rdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-flask-rdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flask-rdf

Dependencies

python-flask-rdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-rdf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.