How To Install python-pecan on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pecan on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pecan
python-pecan is:
The Pecan Python module is a WSGI object-dispatching web framework designed to be lean and fast with few dependencies. Pecan comes bundled with a lightweight WSGI development server based on Python’s wsgiref.simpleserver. Pecan applications also come with an interactive Python shell which can be used to execute expressions in an environment very similar to the one your application runs in (using the “pecan shell” command).
WSGI is the “Web Server Gateway Interface”. It defines a simple and universal interface between web servers and web applications or frameworks for the Python programming language.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-pecan 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-pecan 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-pecan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pecan
Install python-pecan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pecan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pecan
Install python-pecan 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-pecan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pecan
How To Uninstall python-pecan on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pecan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pecan
Uninstall python-pecan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pecan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pecan
Remove python-pecan Configurations and Data
To remove python-pecan configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pecan
Remove python-pecan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pecan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pecan
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pecan package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
