How To Install python-aptly on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-aptly on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-aptly is Aptly REST API client and useful tooling - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aptly on Debian 10.

What is python-aptly

python-aptly is:

Module which provides access to Aptly instance from Python programming language

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-aptly on Debian 10. 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-aptly 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-aptly using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-aptly

Install python-aptly Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-aptly

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-aptly

How To Uninstall python-aptly on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-aptly

Uninstall python-aptly And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-aptly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aptly

Remove python-aptly Configurations and Data

To remove python-aptly configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-aptly

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-aptly have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aptly package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.