How To Install python3-thriftpy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-thriftpy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-thriftpy
python3-thriftpy is:
ThriftPy is a pure Python implementation of Apache Thrift http://thrift.apache.org/ in a pythonic way.
Documentation: https://thriftpy.readthedocs.org/
Currently ThriftPy have these features (also advantages over the upstream Python lib):
Pure Python implementation. No longer need to compile & install the ’thrift’ package. All you need is thriftpy and thrift file.
Compatible with Apache Thrift. You can use ThriftPy together with the official implementation servers and clients, such as a upstream server with a thriftpy client or the opposite.
Currently implemented protocols and transports:
binary protocol (Python and cython)
compact protocol (Python and cython)
json protocol
buffered transport (Python & cython)
framed transport
tornado server and client (with tornado 4.0)
Can directly load thrift file as module, the sdk code will be generated on the fly.
Easy RPC server/client setup.
There are three methods to install python3-thriftpy 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-thriftpy 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-thriftpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-thriftpy
Install python3-thriftpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-thriftpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-thriftpy
Install python3-thriftpy 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-thriftpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-thriftpy
How To Uninstall python3-thriftpy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-thriftpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-thriftpy
Uninstall python3-thriftpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-thriftpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-thriftpy
Remove python3-thriftpy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-thriftpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-thriftpy
Remove python3-thriftpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-thriftpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-thriftpy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-thriftpy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
