How To Install python-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-flask-compress
python-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 2 version of the module.
There are three methods to install python-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 python-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 python-flask-compress using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-flask-compress
Install python-flask-compress Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-flask-compress using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-flask-compress
Install python-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 python-flask-compress using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-flask-compress
How To Uninstall python-flask-compress on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-flask-compress package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-flask-compress
Uninstall python-flask-compress And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-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 python-flask-compress
Remove python-flask-compress Configurations and Data
To remove python-flask-compress configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-flask-compress
Remove python-flask-compress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-flask-compress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flask-compress
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-compress package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
