How To Install python-zeep on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-zeep on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-zeep is Modern SOAP client library (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zeep on Debian 10.

What is python-zeep

python-zeep is:

A fast and modern Python SOAP client

Highlights:

  • Modern codebase compatible with Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and PyPy
  • Build on top of lxml and requests
  • Supports recursive WSDL and XSD documents.
  • Supports the xsd:choice and xsd:any elements.
  • Uses the defusedxml module for handling potential XML security issues
  • Support for WSSE (UsernameToken only for now)
  • Experimental support for HTTP bindings
  • Experimental support for WS-Addressing headers
  • Experimental support for asyncio via aiohttp (Python 3.5+)

Features still in development include:

  • WSSE x.509 support (BinarySecurityToken)
  • WS Policy support

Please see for more information the documentation at http://docs.python-zeep.org/

This package is targeting Python version 2.

There are three methods to install python-zeep on Debian 10. 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-zeep 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-zeep using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-zeep

Install python-zeep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-zeep

Install python-zeep 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-zeep

How To Uninstall python-zeep on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-zeep

Uninstall python-zeep And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-zeep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zeep

Remove python-zeep Configurations and Data

To remove python-zeep configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-zeep

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-zeep have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zeep package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.