How To Install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 is:
The mod_wsgi adapter is an Apache module that provides a WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface, a standard interface between web server software and web applications written in Python) compliant interface for hosting Python based web applications within Apache. The adapter provides significantly better performance than using existing WSGI adapters for mod_python or CGI.
This package provides module for Python 3.X.
There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 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 libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
Install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
Install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 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 libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
Uninstall libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
Remove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 Configurations and Data
To remove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
Remove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
