How To Install pybit-client on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-client on Debian 9. pybit-client is buildd client support for pybit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-client on Debian 9.

What is pybit-client

pybit-client is:

pyBit uses message queues to create a distributed, cross-platform buildd toolkit using a collection of buildds, using source from various VCS clients. pyBit is intended to support rapidly evolving software collections and can support multiple VCS frontends and multiple build backends.

This package provides the Debian buildd client for pyBit to build packages using sbuild.

Each pyBit buildd client needs to install and configure this package to give each client a unique identifier per pyBit database.

There are three methods to install pybit-client on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pybit-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pybit-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pybit-client

Install pybit-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pybit-client

Install pybit-client 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pybit-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pybit-client

How To Uninstall pybit-client on Debian 9

To uninstall only the pybit-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pybit-client

Uninstall pybit-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pybit-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybit-client

Remove pybit-client Configurations and Data

To remove pybit-client configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pybit-client

Remove pybit-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybit-client

Dependencies

pybit-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-client package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.