How To Install python3-ratelimiter on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ratelimiter on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-ratelimiter is simple Python library for limiting the rate of operations

Introduction

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

What is python3-ratelimiter

python3-ratelimiter is:

This package provides the ratelimiter module, which ensures that an operation will not be executed more than a given number of times on a given period. This can prove useful when working with third parties APIs which require for example a maximum of 10 requests per second.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ratelimiter

Install python3-ratelimiter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ratelimiter

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ratelimiter

How To Uninstall python3-ratelimiter on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ratelimiter

Uninstall python3-ratelimiter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ratelimiter

Remove python3-ratelimiter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ratelimiter

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

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

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

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Summary

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