How To Install python-influxdb on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-influxdb on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-influxdb is Client for InfluxDB - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-influxdb

python-influxdb is:

API bindings for InfluxDB. Supports both InfluxDB v0.8 and InfluxDB >= 0.9. InfluxDB is an open source distributed time series database with no external dependencies. It’s useful for recording metrics, events, and performing analytics.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-influxdb

Install python-influxdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-influxdb

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-influxdb

How To Uninstall python-influxdb on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-influxdb

Uninstall python-influxdb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-influxdb

Remove python-influxdb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-influxdb

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-influxdb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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