How To Install python-mod-pywebsocket on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mod-pywebsocket on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mod-pywebsocket
python-mod-pywebsocket is:
The pywebsocket project aims to provide a WebSocket extension for Apache HTTP Server, mod_pywebsocket. You can also run it as a standalone server.
mod_pywebsocket is intended for testing or experimental purposes. mod_python is required. For wss, mod_ssl is also required.
There are three methods to install python-mod-pywebsocket 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-mod-pywebsocket 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-mod-pywebsocket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mod-pywebsocket
Install python-mod-pywebsocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mod-pywebsocket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mod-pywebsocket
Install python-mod-pywebsocket 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-mod-pywebsocket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mod-pywebsocket
How To Uninstall python-mod-pywebsocket on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mod-pywebsocket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mod-pywebsocket
Uninstall python-mod-pywebsocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mod-pywebsocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mod-pywebsocket
Remove python-mod-pywebsocket Configurations and Data
To remove python-mod-pywebsocket configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mod-pywebsocket
Remove python-mod-pywebsocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mod-pywebsocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mod-pywebsocket
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mod-pywebsocket package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
