How To Install python-requests-oauthlib on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-requests-oauthlib on Debian 9. python-requests-oauthlib is module providing OAuthlib auth support for requests (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-requests-oauthlib

python-requests-oauthlib is:

requests-oauthlib allows you to interact with OAuth 1 And OAuth 2 in greatly simplified ways through the requests library for Python. It will hide the quirks and hacks in OAuth 1, and will interface with all four of the grant types defined by the OAuth2 RFC.

This package provides the requests-oauthlib Python module for Python 2.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-requests-oauthlib

Install python-requests-oauthlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-requests-oauthlib

Install python-requests-oauthlib 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-requests-oauthlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-requests-oauthlib

How To Uninstall python-requests-oauthlib on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-requests-oauthlib

Uninstall python-requests-oauthlib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-requests-oauthlib

Remove python-requests-oauthlib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-requests-oauthlib

Remove python-requests-oauthlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-requests-oauthlib

Dependencies

python-requests-oauthlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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