How To Install python-leveldb on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-leveldb on Debian 9. python-leveldb is Python wrapper for LevelDB (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-leveldb on Debian 9.

What is python-leveldb

python-leveldb is:

LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.

This package provides a Python wrapper for LevelDB.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-leveldb

Install python-leveldb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-leveldb

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-leveldb

How To Uninstall python-leveldb on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-leveldb

Uninstall python-leveldb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-leveldb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-leveldb

Remove python-leveldb Configurations and Data

To remove python-leveldb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-leveldb

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-leveldb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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