How To Install python-libvhdi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libvhdi on Debian 9.
What is python-libvhdi
python-libvhdi is:
libvhdi is a library to access the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image format.
This package contains Python 2 bindings for libvhdi.
There are three methods to install python-libvhdi 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-libvhdi 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-libvhdi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libvhdi
Install python-libvhdi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libvhdi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libvhdi
Install python-libvhdi 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-libvhdi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libvhdi
How To Uninstall python-libvhdi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-libvhdi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libvhdi
Uninstall python-libvhdi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libvhdi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libvhdi
Remove python-libvhdi Configurations and Data
To remove python-libvhdi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libvhdi
Remove python-libvhdi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libvhdi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libvhdi
Dependencies
python-libvhdi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libvhdi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
