How To Install python-cotyledon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cotyledon on Debian 9. python-cotyledon is framework for defining long-running services - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cotyledon on Debian 9.

What is python-cotyledon

python-cotyledon is:

Cotyledon provides a framework for defining long-running services. It provides handling of Unix signals, spawning of workers, supervision of children processes, daemon reloading, sd-notify, rate limiting for worker spawning, and more.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cotyledon

Install python-cotyledon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cotyledon

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cotyledon

How To Uninstall python-cotyledon on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cotyledon

Uninstall python-cotyledon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-cotyledon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cotyledon

Remove python-cotyledon Configurations and Data

To remove python-cotyledon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cotyledon

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cotyledon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cotyledon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.