How To Install python-soappy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-soappy on Debian 9. python-soappy is SOAP Support for Python

Introduction

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

What is python-soappy

python-soappy is:

This package contains the SOAPpy Python module, which implements a high- level interface to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) functions from Python. It includes functionality for acting as a SOAP server, client, or proxy, and includes both building and parsing functions. It has been tested against a wide array of other SOAP clients and servers, and is a very robust and well-rounded implementation of the SOAP protocol.

SOAPpy is not actively supported by upstream anymore - please do not consider to use it in new projects! All functions were merged into ZSI, which is available in the python-zsi package, use it instead.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-soappy

Install python-soappy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-soappy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-soappy

How To Uninstall python-soappy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-soappy

Uninstall python-soappy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-soappy

Remove python-soappy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-soappy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-soappy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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