How To Install python-ndg-httpsclient on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ndg-httpsclient on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ndg-httpsclient is enhanced HTTPS support for httplib and urllib2 using PyOpenSSL for Python2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ndg-httpsclient on Debian 10.

What is python-ndg-httpsclient

python-ndg-httpsclient is:

ndg-httpsclient is a HTTPS client implementation for httplib and urllib2 based on PyOpenSSL. PyOpenSSL provides a more fully featured SSL implementation over the default provided with Python and importantly enables full verification of the SSL peer.

This is the Python2 package, providing the ndg-httpsclient binary too.

There are three methods to install python-ndg-httpsclient 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-ndg-httpsclient 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-ndg-httpsclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-ndg-httpsclient

Install python-ndg-httpsclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ndg-httpsclient

Install python-ndg-httpsclient 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-ndg-httpsclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-ndg-httpsclient

How To Uninstall python-ndg-httpsclient on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-ndg-httpsclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-ndg-httpsclient

Uninstall python-ndg-httpsclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-ndg-httpsclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ndg-httpsclient

Remove python-ndg-httpsclient Configurations and Data

To remove python-ndg-httpsclient configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ndg-httpsclient

Remove python-ndg-httpsclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ndg-httpsclient

Dependencies

python-ndg-httpsclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ndg-httpsclient package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.