How To Install python-mimerender on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mimerender on Ubuntu 18.04. python-mimerender is RESTful HTTP Content Negotiation for web frameworks (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-mimerender

python-mimerender is:

mimerender provides a decorator that wraps an HTTP request handler to select the correct render function for a given HTTP Accept header. It uses mimeparse to parse the Accept string and select the best available representation.

mimerender supports Flask, Bottle, web.py and webapp2 out of the box, and it’s easy to add support for other frameworks.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-mimerender

Install python-mimerender Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mimerender

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-mimerender

How To Uninstall python-mimerender on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-mimerender

Uninstall python-mimerender And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mimerender

Remove python-mimerender Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mimerender

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

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

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

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Summary

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