How To Install python-webhelpers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webhelpers on Ubuntu 18.04. python-webhelpers is library of helper functions to make writing web application templates easier

Introduction

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

What is python-webhelpers

python-webhelpers is:

One of the sub-sections of Web Helpers contains a full port of the template helpers that are provided by Ruby on Rails with slight adaptations on occasion to accommodate for Python. Some of these helpers only require Routes to function.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-webhelpers

Install python-webhelpers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-webhelpers

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-webhelpers

How To Uninstall python-webhelpers on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-webhelpers

Uninstall python-webhelpers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-webhelpers

Remove python-webhelpers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-webhelpers

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

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

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

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Summary

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