How To Install python-dlt on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-dlt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-dlt is Python 2 wrapper for libdlt to read and process DLT logs from devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dlt on Debian 10.

What is python-dlt

python-dlt is:

Diagnostic Log and Trace (DLT) library wrapper for Python 2 using ctypes

This component provides a log and trace interface, based on the standardised protocol specified in the AUTOSAR standard 4.0 DLT. This library can be used to connect to a DLT logging facility and process saved DLT log files.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-dlt on Debian 10. 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-dlt 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-dlt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-dlt

Install python-dlt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-dlt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-dlt

How To Uninstall python-dlt on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-dlt

Uninstall python-dlt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-dlt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dlt

Remove python-dlt Configurations and Data

To remove python-dlt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-dlt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-dlt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dlt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.