How To Install python3-aiohttp on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is `python3-aiohttp`

python3-aiohttp is:

HTTP Client for asyncio (PEP 3156 - Asynchronous I/O Support).

Features:

supports both client and server side of HTTP protocol,
supports both client and server Web-Sockets out-of-the-box,
web-server has middlewares and pluggable routing.

There are three methods to install python3-aiohttp on Ubuntu. 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-aiohttp 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-aiohttp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-aiohttp

Install python3-aiohttp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-aiohttp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-aiohttp

How To Uninstall python3-aiohttp on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-aiohttp

Uninstall python3-aiohttp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-aiohttp

Remove python3-aiohttp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-aiohttp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-aiohttp have the following dependencies:

References

python3-aiohttp website

Summary

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