How To Install python-socketpool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-socketpool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-socketpool
python-socketpool is:
Socket pool is a simple socket pool that supports multiple factories and backends. It can easily be used by gevent, eventlet or any other library.
This package is for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-socketpool 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-socketpool 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-socketpool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-socketpool
Install python-socketpool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-socketpool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-socketpool
Install python-socketpool 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-socketpool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-socketpool
How To Uninstall python-socketpool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-socketpool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-socketpool
Uninstall python-socketpool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-socketpool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-socketpool
Remove python-socketpool Configurations and Data
To remove python-socketpool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-socketpool
Remove python-socketpool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-socketpool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-socketpool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-socketpool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
