How To Install python-flask-limiter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-limiter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-flask-limiter
python-flask-limiter is:
Flask is a micro web framework for Python based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions.
Flask-Limiter provides rate limiting features to flask routes. It has support for a configurable backend for storage with current implementations for in-memory, redis and memcache.
This package provides the Python 2 version of the flask_limiter module.
There are three methods to install python-flask-limiter 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-limiter 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-limiter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-flask-limiter
Install python-flask-limiter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-flask-limiter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-flask-limiter
Install python-flask-limiter 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-limiter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-flask-limiter
How To Uninstall python-flask-limiter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-flask-limiter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-flask-limiter
Uninstall python-flask-limiter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-flask-limiter 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-limiter
Remove python-flask-limiter Configurations and Data
To remove python-flask-limiter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-flask-limiter
Remove python-flask-limiter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-flask-limiter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flask-limiter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flask-limiter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.