How To Install python-socks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-socks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-socks
python-socks is:
This module was designed to allow developers of Python software that uses the Internet or another TCP/IP-based network to add support for connection through a SOCKS proxy server with as much ease as possible.
The module is also knowns as SocksiPy or PySocks.
This is the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-socks 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-socks 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-socks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-socks
Install python-socks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-socks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-socks
Install python-socks 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-socks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-socks
How To Uninstall python-socks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-socks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-socks
Uninstall python-socks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-socks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-socks
Remove python-socks Configurations and Data
To remove python-socks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-socks
Remove python-socks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-socks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-socks
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-socks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
