How To Install python-webpy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webpy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-webpy
python-webpy is:
Web.py by Aaron Swartz offers a clean and well designed API for Python web applications.
The philosophy behind web.py is to: “Think about the ideal way to write a web app. Write the code to make it happen.”
Implementations using this library have resulted in:
- less code
- code that ran faster
- code that is easier to read and maintain.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-webpy 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-webpy 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-webpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-webpy
Install python-webpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-webpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-webpy
Install python-webpy 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-webpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-webpy
How To Uninstall python-webpy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-webpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-webpy
Uninstall python-webpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-webpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-webpy
Remove python-webpy Configurations and Data
To remove python-webpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-webpy
Remove python-webpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-webpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-webpy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webpy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
