How To Install python-cookies on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cookies on Ubuntu 18.04. python-cookies is Python RFC 6265-compliant cookie parser and renderer

Introduction

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

What is python-cookies

python-cookies is:

Python module for HTTP cookies: parsing and rendering ‘Cookie:’ request headers and ‘Set-Cookie:’ response headers according to RFC 6265, and exposing a convenient API for creating and modifying cookies. It can be used as a replacement of Python’s Cookie.py (aka http.cookies). It provides robust and lenient parsing and extensive documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cookies

Install python-cookies Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cookies

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cookies

How To Uninstall python-cookies on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cookies

Uninstall python-cookies And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cookies

Remove python-cookies Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cookies

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

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

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

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Summary

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