How To Install python-zeep on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zeep on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-zeep
python-zeep is:
A fast and modern Python SOAP client
Highlights:
- Modern codebase compatible with Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and PyPy
- Build on top of lxml and requests
- Supports recursive WSDL and XSD documents.
- Supports the xsd:choice and xsd:any elements.
- Uses the defusedxml module for handling potential XML security issues
- Support for WSSE (UsernameToken only for now)
- Experimental support for HTTP bindings
- Experimental support for WS-Addressing headers
- Experimental support for asyncio via aiohttp (Python 3.5+)
Features still in development include:
- WSSE x.509 support (BinarySecurityToken)
- WS Policy support
Please see for more information the documentation at http://docs.python-zeep.org/
This package is targeting Python version 2.
There are three methods to install python-zeep 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-zeep 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-zeep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-zeep
Install python-zeep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-zeep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-zeep
Install python-zeep 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-zeep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-zeep
How To Uninstall python-zeep on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-zeep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-zeep
Uninstall python-zeep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-zeep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zeep
Remove python-zeep Configurations and Data
To remove python-zeep configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-zeep
Remove python-zeep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-zeep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-zeep
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zeep package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
