How To Install python-kmodpy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kmodpy on Debian 9.
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 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-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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
