How To Install python-fdb on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fdb on Debian 9.
What is python-fdb
python-fdb is:
FDB is a Python library package that implements Python Database API 2.0-compliant support for the open source relational database Firebird?. In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, FDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine. This version installs the Python2 byte code.
FDB is a replacement for python-kinterbasdb, which is no longer maintained by upstream.
There are three methods to install python-fdb 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-fdb 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-fdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fdb
Install python-fdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fdb
Install python-fdb 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-fdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fdb
How To Uninstall python-fdb on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-fdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fdb
Uninstall python-fdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fdb
Remove python-fdb Configurations and Data
To remove python-fdb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fdb
Remove python-fdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fdb
Dependencies
python-fdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fdb package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
