How To Install python3-requests-unixsocket on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-requests-unixsocket on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-requests-unixsocket is Use requests to talk HTTP via a UNIX domain socket - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-requests-unixsocket

python3-requests-unixsocket is:

The requests-unixsocket makes it possible to talk using the HTTP protocol via a UNIX domain socket. Internally, requests-unixsocket uses monkeypatching to use the functionality of requests while making minimal changes.

Requests allow you to send HTTP/1.1 requests. You can add headers, form data, multipart files, and parameters with simple Python dictionaries, and access the response data in the same way. It’s powered by httplib and urllib3, but it does all the hard work and crazy hacks for you.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-requests-unixsocket

Install python3-requests-unixsocket Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-requests-unixsocket

Install python3-requests-unixsocket 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-requests-unixsocket using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-requests-unixsocket

How To Uninstall python3-requests-unixsocket on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-requests-unixsocket

Uninstall python3-requests-unixsocket And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-requests-unixsocket

Remove python3-requests-unixsocket Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-requests-unixsocket

Remove python3-requests-unixsocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-requests-unixsocket

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Summary

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