How To Install python-libevt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libevt on Debian 10.
What is python-libevt
python-libevt is:
libevt is a library to access the Windows Event Log (EVT) format.
This package contains Python 2 bindings for libevt.
There are three methods to install python-libevt 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-libevt 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-libevt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libevt
Install python-libevt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libevt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libevt
Install python-libevt 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-libevt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libevt
How To Uninstall python-libevt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-libevt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libevt
Uninstall python-libevt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libevt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libevt
Remove python-libevt Configurations and Data
To remove python-libevt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libevt
Remove python-libevt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libevt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libevt
Dependencies
python-libevt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libevt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
