How To Install python3-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-flask-compress is Compress responses in a Flask app with gzip (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-flask-compress

python3-flask-compress is:

Flask-Compress allows one to compress HTTP responses generated by a Flask application running standalone with GZip. It does so without a complex setup for some MIME types that benefit from it, like HTML and JSON types.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the module.

There are three methods to install python3-flask-compress 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 python3-flask-compress Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-flask-compress using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-flask-compress

Install python3-flask-compress Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-flask-compress using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-flask-compress

Install python3-flask-compress 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 python3-flask-compress using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-flask-compress

How To Uninstall python3-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-flask-compress package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-flask-compress

Uninstall python3-flask-compress And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-flask-compress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-flask-compress

Remove python3-flask-compress Configurations and Data

To remove python3-flask-compress configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-flask-compress

Remove python3-flask-compress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-flask-compress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-flask-compress

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flask-compress package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.