How To Install python3-engineio on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-engineio on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-engineio
python3-engineio is:
This project implements an Engine.IO server that can run standalone or integrated with a python3 WSGI application. The following are some of its features:
Fully compatible with the Javascript engine.io-client library. Compatible with python3. Supports large number of clients even on modest hardware when used with an asynchronous server based on asyncio (sanic and aiohttp), eventlet or gevent. For development and testing, any WSGI compliant multi-threaded server can also be used. Includes a WSGI middleware that integrates Engine.IO traffic with standard WSGI applications. Uses an event-based architecture implemented with decorators that hides the details of the protocol. Implements HTTP long-polling and WebSocket transports. Supports XHR2 and XHR browsers as clients. Supports text and binary messages. Supports gzip and deflate HTTP compression. Configurable CORS responses to avoid cross-origin problems with browsers.
There are three methods to install python3-engineio 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 python3-engineio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-engineio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-engineio
Install python3-engineio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-engineio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-engineio
Install python3-engineio 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 python3-engineio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-engineio
How To Uninstall python3-engineio on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-engineio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-engineio
Uninstall python3-engineio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-engineio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-engineio
Remove python3-engineio Configurations and Data
To remove python3-engineio configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-engineio
Remove python3-engineio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-engineio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-engineio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-engineio package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
