How To Install python-etcd on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-etcd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-etcd is Python Etcd client library

Introduction

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

What is python-etcd

python-etcd is:

Client library for accessing and manipulating etcd contents.

This package contains the module built for Python version 2.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-etcd

Install python-etcd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-etcd

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-etcd

How To Uninstall python-etcd on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-etcd

Uninstall python-etcd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-etcd

Remove python-etcd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-etcd

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-etcd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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