How To Install python-libmsiecf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libmsiecf on Debian 9. python-libmsiecf is Microsoft Internet Explorer Cache File access library – Python 2 bindings

Introduction

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

What is python-libmsiecf

python-libmsiecf is:

libmsiecf is a library to access the Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) Cache File (index.dat) files.

This package contains Python 2 bindings for libmsiecf.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-libmsiecf

Install python-libmsiecf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-libmsiecf

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-libmsiecf

How To Uninstall python-libmsiecf on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-libmsiecf

Uninstall python-libmsiecf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libmsiecf

Remove python-libmsiecf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libmsiecf

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-libmsiecf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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