How To Install python-ndg-httpsclient on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ndg-httpsclient on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ndg-httpsclient
python-ndg-httpsclient is:
ndg-httpsclient is a HTTPS client implementation for httplib and urllib2 based on PyOpenSSL. PyOpenSSL provides a more fully featured SSL implementation over the default provided with Python and importantly enables full verification of the SSL peer.
This is the Python2 package, providing the ndg-httpsclient binary too.
There are three methods to install python-ndg-httpsclient 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-ndg-httpsclient 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-ndg-httpsclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ndg-httpsclient
Install python-ndg-httpsclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ndg-httpsclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ndg-httpsclient
Install python-ndg-httpsclient 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-ndg-httpsclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ndg-httpsclient
How To Uninstall python-ndg-httpsclient on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ndg-httpsclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ndg-httpsclient
Uninstall python-ndg-httpsclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ndg-httpsclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ndg-httpsclient
Remove python-ndg-httpsclient Configurations and Data
To remove python-ndg-httpsclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ndg-httpsclient
Remove python-ndg-httpsclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ndg-httpsclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ndg-httpsclient
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ndg-httpsclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
