How To Install python-libssh2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libssh2
on Debian 10.
What is python-libssh2
python-libssh2 is:
libssh2 is a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol with support for regular terminal, scp and SFTP sessions; port forwarding; password, key-based and keyboard-interactive authentication.
This package contains the python bindings libssh2. It is a fork and rewrite of org.keyphrene.
There are three methods to install python-libssh2
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-libssh2 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-libssh2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libssh2
Install python-libssh2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libssh2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libssh2
Install python-libssh2 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-libssh2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libssh2
How To Uninstall python-libssh2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-libssh2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libssh2
Uninstall python-libssh2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libssh2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libssh2
Remove python-libssh2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-libssh2
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libssh2
Remove python-libssh2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libssh2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libssh2
Dependencies
python-libssh2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libssh2
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.