How To Install python-avro on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-avro on Debian 9.
What is python-avro
python-avro is:
Apache Avro is a data serialization system providing
- Rich data structures.
- A compact, fast, binary data format.
- A container file, to store persistent data.
- Remote procedure call (RPC).
- Simple integration with dynamic languages. Code generation is not required to read or write data files nor to use or implement RPC protocols. Code generation as an optional optimization, only worth implementing for statically typed languages.
This package installs the implementation as a Python 2 library.
There are three methods to install python-avro 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-avro 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-avro using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-avro
Install python-avro Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-avro using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-avro
Install python-avro 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-avro using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-avro
How To Uninstall python-avro on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-avro package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-avro
Uninstall python-avro And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-avro and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-avro
Remove python-avro Configurations and Data
To remove python-avro configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-avro
Remove python-avro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-avro configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-avro
Dependencies
python-avro have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-avro package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
