How To Install python-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-websocket
python-websocket is:
websocket-client provides a low-level, synchronous API providing WebSocket client functionality to Python programs. It conforms to the WebSocket specification as standardized by the IETF in RFC 6455.
WebSocket is a protocol providing full-duplex communication channels over TCP, mostly used in Web browsers.
This package provides the Python 2.7 version.
There are three methods to install python-websocket 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-websocket 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-websocket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-websocket
Install python-websocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-websocket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-websocket
Install python-websocket 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-websocket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-websocket
How To Uninstall python-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-websocket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-websocket
Uninstall python-websocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-websocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-websocket
Remove python-websocket Configurations and Data
To remove python-websocket configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-websocket
Remove python-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-websocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-websocket
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-websocket package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
