How To Install python-defer on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-defer on Debian 9. python-defer is Small framework for asynchronous programming (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-defer

python-defer is:

The defer module provides an easy way to write asynchrouns Python programs. It is greatly inspired by Twisted’s defer, but hasn’t got any external dependencies.

Furthermore it features decorators to write asynchronous D-Bus servers and clients.

At first defer was part of aptdaemon, but moved to a separate project in August of 2010.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-defer

Install python-defer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-defer

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-defer

How To Uninstall python-defer on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-defer

Uninstall python-defer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-defer

Remove python-defer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-defer

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-defer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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