How To Install python-httpbin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-httpbin on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-httpbin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
