How To Install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme is documenting APIs built with Pecan and WSME - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme is:

sphinxcontrib.pecanwsme is an extension to Sphinx for documenting APIs built with Pecan and WSME.

The Pecan Python module is a WSGI object-dispatching web framework designed to be lean and fast with few dependencies. Pecan comes bundled with a lightweight WSGI development server based on Python’s wsgiref.simpleserver. Pecan applications also come with an interactive Python shell which can be used to execute expressions in an environment very similar to the one your application runs in (using the “pecan shell” command).

WSGI is the “Web Server Gateway Interface”. It defines a simple and universal interface between web servers and web applications or frameworks for the Python programming language.

Web Service Made Easy (WSME) simplify the writing of REST web services by providing simple yet powerful typing which removes the need to directly manipulate the request and the response objects.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

Install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

Install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme 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-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

How To Uninstall python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

Uninstall python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

Remove python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

Remove python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme

References

Summary

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