How To Install python-iowait on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-iowait on Debian 9.
What is python-iowait
python-iowait is:
Different operating systems provide different ways to wait for I/O completion events: there’s select(), poll(), epoll() and kqueue(). For cross-platform applications it can be a pain to support all this system functions, especially because each one provides a different interface.
IOWait solves this problem by providing a unified interface and using always the best and faster function available in the platform. Its only limitation is that, on Windows, it only works for sockets.
There are three methods to install python-iowait 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-iowait 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-iowait using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-iowait
Install python-iowait Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-iowait using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-iowait
Install python-iowait 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-iowait using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-iowait
How To Uninstall python-iowait on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-iowait package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-iowait
Uninstall python-iowait And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-iowait and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-iowait
Remove python-iowait Configurations and Data
To remove python-iowait configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-iowait
Remove python-iowait configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-iowait configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-iowait
Dependencies
python-iowait have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-iowait package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
