How To Install python-aws-xray-sdk on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-aws-xray-sdk on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-aws-xray-sdk is AWS X-Ray SDK for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aws-xray-sdk on Debian 10.

What is python-aws-xray-sdk

python-aws-xray-sdk is:

AWS X-Ray is a service that collects data about requests that your application serves, and provides tools you can use to view, filter, and gain insights into that data to identify issues and opportunities for optimization. For any traced request to your application, you can see detailed information not only about the request and response, but also about calls that your application makes to downstream AWS resources, microservices, databases and HTTP web APIs.

This package provides the Python 2 version of the module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-aws-xray-sdk

Install python-aws-xray-sdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-aws-xray-sdk

Install python-aws-xray-sdk 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-aws-xray-sdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-aws-xray-sdk

How To Uninstall python-aws-xray-sdk on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-aws-xray-sdk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-aws-xray-sdk

Uninstall python-aws-xray-sdk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aws-xray-sdk

Remove python-aws-xray-sdk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-aws-xray-sdk

Remove python-aws-xray-sdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aws-xray-sdk

Dependencies

python-aws-xray-sdk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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