How To Install python-cachecontrol on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cachecontrol on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cachecontrol
python-cachecontrol is:
CacheControl is a port of the caching algorithms in httplib2 for use with requests session object.
It was written because httplib2’s better support for caching is often mitigated by its lack of threadsafety. The same is true of requests in terms of caching.
This is the Python 2 library.
There are three methods to install python-cachecontrol 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-cachecontrol 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-cachecontrol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cachecontrol
Install python-cachecontrol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cachecontrol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cachecontrol
Install python-cachecontrol 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-cachecontrol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cachecontrol
How To Uninstall python-cachecontrol on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cachecontrol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cachecontrol
Uninstall python-cachecontrol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cachecontrol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cachecontrol
Remove python-cachecontrol Configurations and Data
To remove python-cachecontrol configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cachecontrol
Remove python-cachecontrol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cachecontrol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cachecontrol
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cachecontrol package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
