How To Install python-apt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apt on Debian 9.
What is python-apt
python-apt is:
The apt_pkg Python interface will provide full access to the internal libapt-pkg structures allowing Python programs to easily perform a variety of functions, such as:
- Access to the APT configuration system
- Access to the APT package information database
- Parsing of Debian package control files, and other files with a similar structure
The included ‘aptsources’ Python interface provides an abstraction of the sources.list configuration on the repository and the distro level.
There are three methods to install python-apt 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-apt 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-apt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-apt
Install python-apt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-apt
Install python-apt 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-apt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-apt
How To Uninstall python-apt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-apt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-apt
Uninstall python-apt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-apt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-apt
Remove python-apt Configurations and Data
To remove python-apt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-apt
Remove python-apt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-apt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-apt
Dependencies
python-apt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.