How To Install python-kmodpy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-kmodpy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-kmodpy is Python binding for kmod

Introduction

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

What is python-kmodpy

python-kmodpy is:

The libkmod2 is a library that provides an API for insertion, removal, configuration and listing of kernel modules.

kmodpy is a Python ctypes wrapper module for libkmod, exposing common module operations: listing installed modules, modprobe, modinfo, show_depends and rmmod.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-kmodpy

Install python-kmodpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-kmodpy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-kmodpy

How To Uninstall python-kmodpy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-kmodpy

Uninstall python-kmodpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-kmodpy

Remove python-kmodpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-kmodpy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-kmodpy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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