How To Install python-wsgicors on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wsgicors on Ubuntu 18.04. python-wsgicors is WSGI middleware to handle CORS preflight requests

Introduction

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

What is python-wsgicors

python-wsgicors is:

This is a WSGI middleware that answers CORS preflight requests and adds the needed header to the response. For CORS see: http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-wsgicors

Install python-wsgicors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-wsgicors

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-wsgicors

How To Uninstall python-wsgicors on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-wsgicors

Uninstall python-wsgicors And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wsgicors

Remove python-wsgicors Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-wsgicors

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

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

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

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Summary

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