How To Install python-httpbin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-httpbin on Debian 9. python-httpbin is HTTP request and response service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-httpbin on Debian 9.

What is python-httpbin

python-httpbin is:

httpbin is a test server for testing HTTP libraries and apps. It features several endpoints to cover a multitude of HTTP scenarios. httpbin ships as a Python library and could be run directly by the Python interpreter, or as a WSGI app e.g. with Gunicorn. The endpoint responses are JSON-encoded.

This package provides httpbin in the Python 2 module path.

There are three methods to install python-httpbin on Debian 9. 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-httpbin 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-httpbin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-httpbin

Install python-httpbin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-httpbin

Install python-httpbin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-httpbin

How To Uninstall python-httpbin on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-httpbin

Uninstall python-httpbin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-httpbin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-httpbin

Remove python-httpbin Configurations and Data

To remove python-httpbin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-httpbin

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-httpbin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-httpbin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.