How To Install python3-thriftpy on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-thriftpy
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.