How To Install uwsgi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uwsgi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is uwsgi
uwsgi is:
uWSGI presents a complete stack for networked/clustered web applications, implementing message/object passing, caching, RPC and process management. It uses the uwsgi protocol for all the networking/interprocess communications.
uWSGI can be run in preforking, threaded, asynchronous/evented modes and supports various forms of green threads/coroutines (such as uGreen, Greenlet, Fiber). uWSGI provides several methods of configuration: via command line, via environment variables, via XML, INI, YAML configuration files, via LDAP and more.
On top of all this, it is designed to be fully modular. This means that different plugins can be used in order to add compatibility with tons of different technology on top of the same core.
This package depends on uWSGI core binary and installs:
- init.d script for running uWSGI daemon(s) with options defined in custom user-created configuration files
- infrastructure for running daemons (like common locations of communication sockets, logs)
There are three methods to install uwsgi 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 uwsgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uwsgi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uwsgi
Install uwsgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uwsgi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uwsgi
Install uwsgi 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 uwsgi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uwsgi
How To Uninstall uwsgi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the uwsgi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uwsgi
Uninstall uwsgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uwsgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uwsgi
Remove uwsgi Configurations and Data
To remove uwsgi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uwsgi
Remove uwsgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uwsgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uwsgi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uwsgi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
