How To Install python3-httpbin on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-httpbin on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-httpbin is HTTP request and response service (Python 3 package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-httpbin on Debian 12.

What is python3-httpbin

python3-httpbin is:

httpbin is a test server for testing HTTP libraries and apps. It features several endpoints to cover a multitude of HTTP scenarios. httpbin ships as a Python library and could be run directly by the Python interpreter, or as a WSGI app e.g. with Gunicorn. The endpoint responses are JSON-encoded.

This package provides httpbin in the Python 3 module path.

There are three methods to install python3-httpbin on Debian 12. 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-httpbin 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-httpbin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-httpbin

Install python3-httpbin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-httpbin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-httpbin

Install python3-httpbin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-httpbin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-httpbin

How To Uninstall python3-httpbin on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-httpbin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-httpbin

Uninstall python3-httpbin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-httpbin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-httpbin

Remove python3-httpbin Configurations and Data

To remove python3-httpbin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-httpbin

Remove python3-httpbin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-httpbin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-httpbin

Dependencies

python3-httpbin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-httpbin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.