How To Install python-sockjs-tornado on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sockjs-tornado on Debian 9. python-sockjs-tornado is server side counterpart of SockJS-client browser library - Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is python-sockjs-tornado

python-sockjs-tornado is:

SockJS-tornado is a Python server side counterpart of SockJS-client browser library running on top of Tornado framework. SockJS provides slightly different API than tornado.websocket.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-sockjs-tornado

Install python-sockjs-tornado Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-sockjs-tornado

Install python-sockjs-tornado 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-sockjs-tornado using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-sockjs-tornado

How To Uninstall python-sockjs-tornado on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-sockjs-tornado

Uninstall python-sockjs-tornado And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sockjs-tornado

Remove python-sockjs-tornado Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sockjs-tornado

Remove python-sockjs-tornado configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sockjs-tornado

Dependencies

python-sockjs-tornado have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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