How To Install python-fsapfs on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-fsapfs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-fsapfs is APFS access library – Python 2 bindings

Introduction

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

What is python-fsapfs

python-fsapfs is:

libfsapfs is a library to access the Apple File System (APFS).

This package includes Python 2 bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-fsapfs

Install python-fsapfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fsapfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-fsapfs

How To Uninstall python-fsapfs on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-fsapfs

Uninstall python-fsapfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fsapfs

Remove python-fsapfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fsapfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-fsapfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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