How To Install python-certbot-apache on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-certbot-apache on Debian 9.
What is python-certbot-apache
python-certbot-apache is:
This is a transitional dummy package for the migration of certbot from python2 to python3. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install python-certbot-apache 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-certbot-apache 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-certbot-apache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-certbot-apache
Install python-certbot-apache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-certbot-apache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-certbot-apache
Install python-certbot-apache 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-certbot-apache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-certbot-apache
How To Uninstall python-certbot-apache on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-certbot-apache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-certbot-apache
Uninstall python-certbot-apache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-certbot-apache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-certbot-apache
Remove python-certbot-apache Configurations and Data
To remove python-certbot-apache configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-certbot-apache
Remove python-certbot-apache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-certbot-apache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-certbot-apache
Dependencies
python-certbot-apache have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-certbot-apache package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
