How To Install python-fs-plugin-webdav on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-webdav on Debian 9. python-fs-plugin-webdav is Python filesystem abstraction - WebDAV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fs-plugin-webdav on Debian 9.

What is python-fs-plugin-webdav

python-fs-plugin-webdav is:

Pyfilesystem is a Python module that provides a common interface to many types of filesystem, and provides some powerful features such as exposing filesystems over an internet connection, or to the native filesystem.

This package is a dependency package, which depends on dexml module required for accessing WebDAV server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-fs-plugin-webdav

Install python-fs-plugin-webdav Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fs-plugin-webdav

Install python-fs-plugin-webdav 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-fs-plugin-webdav using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-fs-plugin-webdav

How To Uninstall python-fs-plugin-webdav on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-fs-plugin-webdav package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-fs-plugin-webdav

Uninstall python-fs-plugin-webdav And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fs-plugin-webdav

Remove python-fs-plugin-webdav Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fs-plugin-webdav

Remove python-fs-plugin-webdav configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fs-plugin-webdav

Dependencies

python-fs-plugin-webdav have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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