How To Install python-flask-sockets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-sockets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-flask-sockets
python-flask-sockets is:
This package provides Flask-Sockets, a websocket library to be used with Flask. It is based on gevent-websocket and supports Flask Blueprints.
There are three methods to install python-flask-sockets 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 python-flask-sockets 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-sockets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-flask-sockets
Install python-flask-sockets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-flask-sockets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-flask-sockets
Install python-flask-sockets 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 python-flask-sockets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-flask-sockets
How To Uninstall python-flask-sockets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-flask-sockets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-flask-sockets
Uninstall python-flask-sockets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-flask-sockets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-flask-sockets
Remove python-flask-sockets Configurations and Data
To remove python-flask-sockets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-flask-sockets
Remove python-flask-sockets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-flask-sockets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flask-sockets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-sockets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
