How To Install python-couchdbkit on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-couchdbkit on Debian 9. python-couchdbkit is Trying to improve couchdb experience in Python

Introduction

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

What is python-couchdbkit

python-couchdbkit is:

Couchdbkit provides you a full featured and easy client to access and manage CouchDB. It allows you to manage a CouchDB server, databases, doc managements and view access. All objects mostly reflect Python objects for convenience.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-couchdbkit

Install python-couchdbkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-couchdbkit

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-couchdbkit

How To Uninstall python-couchdbkit on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-couchdbkit

Uninstall python-couchdbkit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-couchdbkit

Remove python-couchdbkit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-couchdbkit

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-couchdbkit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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