How To Install python-libusb1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libusb1 on Debian 10.
What is python-libusb1
python-libusb1 is:
Makes the whole libusb1 API available to Python. Both synchronous and asynchronous APIs are exposed, giving access to all USB transfer types (control, bulk, interrupt, isochronous).
This python module differs from pyusb in that it only aims to wrap libusb1. As a consequence, it can expose all libusb1 features and not a subset common to various usb libraries.
There are three methods to install python-libusb1 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-libusb1 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-libusb1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libusb1
Install python-libusb1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libusb1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libusb1
Install python-libusb1 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-libusb1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libusb1
How To Uninstall python-libusb1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-libusb1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libusb1
Uninstall python-libusb1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libusb1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libusb1
Remove python-libusb1 Configurations and Data
To remove python-libusb1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libusb1
Remove python-libusb1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libusb1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libusb1
Dependencies
python-libusb1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libusb1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
