How To Install python-paypal on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-paypal on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-paypal
python-paypal is:
This package implements Paypal’s Website Payments Pro NVP API in Python. This currently includes Direct Payments (Credit card payments without a PayPal Account) and PayPal Express Checkout (Payment via a PayPal account).
python-paypal does no real validation, doesn’t hold hands, and is generally only going to handle authentication, http-level stuff, and serializing a list of keyword arguments passed to the API methods. You’ll need to read the official PayPal documentation for what key/values to pass: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-paypal 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-paypal 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-paypal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-paypal
Install python-paypal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-paypal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-paypal
Install python-paypal 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-paypal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-paypal
How To Uninstall python-paypal on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-paypal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-paypal
Uninstall python-paypal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-paypal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-paypal
Remove python-paypal Configurations and Data
To remove python-paypal configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-paypal
Remove python-paypal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-paypal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-paypal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-paypal package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
