How To Install python-webob on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webob on Ubuntu 18.04. python-webob is Python module providing WSGI request and response objects (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-webob

python-webob is:

WebOb provides wrappers around the WSGI request environment, and an object to help create WSGI responses.

The objects map much of the specified behavior of HTTP, including header parsing and accessors for other standard parts of the environment.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-webob

Install python-webob Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-webob

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-webob

How To Uninstall python-webob on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-webob

Uninstall python-webob And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-webob

Remove python-webob Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-webob

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

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

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

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Summary

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