How To Install python-bugzilla on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bugzilla on Debian 9.
What is python-bugzilla
python-bugzilla is:
python-bugzilla is a Python library for interacting with Bugzilla instances over XML-RPC. You may also be interested in the command-line tool ‘bugzilla-cli’, which can be used to interact with Bugzilla from shell scripts.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-bugzilla 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-bugzilla 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-bugzilla using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bugzilla
Install python-bugzilla Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bugzilla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bugzilla
Install python-bugzilla 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-bugzilla using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bugzilla
How To Uninstall python-bugzilla on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-bugzilla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bugzilla
Uninstall python-bugzilla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bugzilla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bugzilla
Remove python-bugzilla Configurations and Data
To remove python-bugzilla configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bugzilla
Remove python-bugzilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bugzilla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bugzilla
Dependencies
python-bugzilla have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bugzilla package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
