How To Install python-mechanicalsoup on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mechanicalsoup on Debian 10.
What is python-mechanicalsoup
python-mechanicalsoup is:
A Python library for automating interaction with websites. MechanicalSoup automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. It doesn’t do Javascript.
MechanicalSoup provides a similar API to the Mechanize library using Requests (for http sessions) and BeautifulSoup (for document navigation).
This package provides the modules for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-mechanicalsoup on Debian 10. 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-mechanicalsoup 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-mechanicalsoup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mechanicalsoup
Install python-mechanicalsoup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mechanicalsoup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mechanicalsoup
Install python-mechanicalsoup 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-mechanicalsoup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mechanicalsoup
How To Uninstall python-mechanicalsoup on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-mechanicalsoup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mechanicalsoup
Uninstall python-mechanicalsoup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mechanicalsoup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mechanicalsoup
Remove python-mechanicalsoup Configurations and Data
To remove python-mechanicalsoup configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mechanicalsoup
Remove python-mechanicalsoup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mechanicalsoup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mechanicalsoup
Dependencies
python-mechanicalsoup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mechanicalsoup package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.