How To Install python3-zeep on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zeep on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-zeep is Modern SOAP client library (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-zeep

python3-zeep is:

A fast and modern Python SOAP client

Highlights:

  • Modern codebase compatible with Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and PyPy
  • Build on top of lxml and requests
  • Supports recursive WSDL and XSD documents.
  • Supports the xsd:choice and xsd:any elements.
  • Uses the defusedxml module for handling potential XML security issues
  • Support for WSSE (UsernameToken only for now)
  • Experimental support for HTTP bindings
  • Experimental support for WS-Addressing headers
  • Experimental support for asyncio via aiohttp (Python 3.5+)

Features still in development include:

  • WSSE x.509 support (BinarySecurityToken)
  • WS Policy support

Please see for more information the documentation at http://docs.python-zeep.org/

This package is targeting Python version 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-zeep

Install python3-zeep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-zeep

Install python3-zeep 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-zeep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-zeep

How To Uninstall python3-zeep on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-zeep

Uninstall python3-zeep And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-zeep

Remove python3-zeep Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-zeep

Remove python3-zeep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-zeep

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Summary

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