How To Install python-wsgilog on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wsgilog on Ubuntu 18.04. python-wsgilog is WSGI logging and event reporting middleware (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-wsgilog

python-wsgilog is:

Supports logging events in WSGI applications to STDOUT, time rotated log files, email, syslog, and web servers. Also supports catching and sending HTML-formatted exception tracebacks to a web browser for debugging.

This package contains the Python 2 version of wsgilog.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-wsgilog

Install python-wsgilog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-wsgilog

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-wsgilog

How To Uninstall python-wsgilog on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-wsgilog

Uninstall python-wsgilog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wsgilog

Remove python-wsgilog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-wsgilog

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

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

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

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Summary

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