How To Install python-pywps on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pywps on Ubuntu 18.04. python-pywps is Implementation of OGCs Web Processing Service - Python 2 module

Introduction

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

What is python-pywps

python-pywps is:

PyWPS is implementation of Web Processing Service from Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.(R) with help of Python Programming Language and GIS GRASS as working tool in background.

This package contains the pywps module for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pywps

Install python-pywps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pywps

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pywps

How To Uninstall python-pywps on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pywps

Uninstall python-pywps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pywps

Remove python-pywps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pywps

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

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

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

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Summary

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