How To Install python-restless on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-restless on Ubuntu 18.04. python-restless is lightweight REST miniframework for Python

Introduction

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

What is python-restless

python-restless is:

Works great with Django, Flask, Pyramid, Tornado & Itty, but should be useful for many other Python web frameworks. Based on the lessons learned from Tastypie & other REST libraries.

Features

  • Small, fast codebase
  • JSON output by default, but overridable
  • RESTful
  • Flexible

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-restless

Install python-restless Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-restless

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-restless

How To Uninstall python-restless on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-restless

Uninstall python-restless And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-restless

Remove python-restless Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-restless

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

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

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

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Summary

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