How To Install python3-websockets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-websockets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-websockets
python3-websockets is:
websockets is a library for developing WebSocket servers and clients in Python. It implements RFC 6455 with a focus on correctness and simplicity. It passes the Autobahn Testsuite.
Built on top of Python’s asynchronous I/O support introduced in PEP 3156, it provides an API based on coroutines, making it easy to write highly concurrent applications.
There are three methods to install python3-websockets 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-websockets 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-websockets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-websockets
Install python3-websockets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-websockets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-websockets
Install python3-websockets 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-websockets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-websockets
How To Uninstall python3-websockets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-websockets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-websockets
Uninstall python3-websockets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-websockets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-websockets
Remove python3-websockets Configurations and Data
To remove python3-websockets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-websockets
Remove python3-websockets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-websockets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-websockets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-websockets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
