How To Install python-suds on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-suds on Ubuntu 18.04. python-suds is Lightweight SOAP client for Python - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-suds on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-suds

python-suds is:

The suds project is a Python soap web services client lib. Suds leverages Python meta programming to provide an intuitive API for consuming web services. Objectification of types defined in the WSDL is provided without class generation. Programmers rarely need to read the WSDL since services and WSDL based objects can be easily inspected. Supports pluggable soap bindings. Note: this package now uses the Suds fork maintained by Jurko Gospodnetić.

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-suds

Install python-suds Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-suds

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-suds

How To Uninstall python-suds on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-suds

Uninstall python-suds And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-suds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-suds

Remove python-suds Configurations and Data

To remove python-suds configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-suds

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-suds package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.