How To Install python-pycurl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycurl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-pycurl
python-pycurl is:
This module provides the Python bindings to libcurl. Please refer to the libcurl documentation available in libcurl4-gnutls-dev Debian package.
NOTE: the SSL support is provided by GnuTLS.
This package contains PyCURL for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pycurl
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 python-pycurl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pycurl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pycurl
Install python-pycurl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pycurl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pycurl
Install python-pycurl 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 python-pycurl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pycurl
How To Uninstall python-pycurl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-pycurl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pycurl
Uninstall python-pycurl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pycurl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycurl
Remove python-pycurl Configurations and Data
To remove python-pycurl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycurl
Remove python-pycurl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pycurl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycurl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycurl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.