How To Install python-gwebsockets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gwebsockets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gwebsockets
python-gwebsockets is:
gwebsockets is a websocket server written in python.
It uses GIO for network communication and hence easily integrates with the GLib mainloop.
There are three methods to install python-gwebsockets 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-gwebsockets 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-gwebsockets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gwebsockets
Install python-gwebsockets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gwebsockets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gwebsockets
Install python-gwebsockets 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-gwebsockets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gwebsockets
How To Uninstall python-gwebsockets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gwebsockets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gwebsockets
Uninstall python-gwebsockets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gwebsockets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gwebsockets
Remove python-gwebsockets Configurations and Data
To remove python-gwebsockets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gwebsockets
Remove python-gwebsockets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gwebsockets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gwebsockets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gwebsockets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
