How To Install python3-limits on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-limits on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-limits is Rate limiting utilities for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-limits on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-limits

python3-limits is:

limits is a Python module providing utilities to implement rate limiting using various strategies, such as fixed or moving windows, and various storage backends, such as in in-memory storage, Redis or memcached.

This package provides the Python 3 version of the limits module.

There are three methods to install python3-limits 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-limits 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-limits using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-limits

Install python3-limits Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-limits

Install python3-limits 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-limits using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-limits

How To Uninstall python3-limits on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-limits

Uninstall python3-limits And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-limits and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-limits

Remove python3-limits Configurations and Data

To remove python3-limits configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-limits

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-limits package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.