How To Install python-appconf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-appconf on Debian 9. python-appconf is helper class handling configuration defaults of apps - 2.7 transition package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-appconf on Debian 9.

What is python-appconf

python-appconf is:

Say you have an app with a few defaults, which you want to refer to in the app’s code without repeating yourself all the time. Django-appconf provides a simple helper class to implement those defaults.

This is a transitional package to upgrade to python-django-appconf, and it is safe to remove.

There are three methods to install python-appconf 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 python-appconf 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-appconf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-appconf

Install python-appconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-appconf

Install python-appconf 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 python-appconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-appconf

How To Uninstall python-appconf on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-appconf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-appconf

Uninstall python-appconf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-appconf

Remove python-appconf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-appconf

Remove python-appconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-appconf

Dependencies

python-appconf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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