How To Install python-requestbuilder on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-requestbuilder on Ubuntu 18.04. python-requestbuilder is command line-driven HTTP request builder - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-requestbuilder

python-requestbuilder is:

Python Requestbuilder is command line-driven. It is used to build HTTP requests, and is used by the euca2ools recent version (eg: newer than version 3.0.0).

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-requestbuilder

Install python-requestbuilder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-requestbuilder

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-requestbuilder

How To Uninstall python-requestbuilder on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-requestbuilder

Uninstall python-requestbuilder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-requestbuilder

Remove python-requestbuilder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-requestbuilder

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

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

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

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Summary

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