How To Install python-pywapi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pywapi on Debian 9. python-pywapi is Python wrapper around different weather APIs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pywapi on Debian 9.

What is python-pywapi

python-pywapi is:

The module provides a Python wrapper around the Yahoo! Weather, Weather.com and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) APIs. Fetch weather reports using zip code, location id, city name, state, country etc.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-pywapi on Debian 9. 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-pywapi 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-pywapi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pywapi

Install python-pywapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pywapi

Install python-pywapi 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-pywapi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pywapi

How To Uninstall python-pywapi on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pywapi

Uninstall python-pywapi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pywapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pywapi

Remove python-pywapi Configurations and Data

To remove python-pywapi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pywapi

Remove python-pywapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pywapi

Dependencies

python-pywapi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pywapi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.