How To Install python-libvslvm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libvslvm on Debian 9. python-libvslvm is Linux LVM volume system format access library – Python 2 bindings

Introduction

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

What is python-libvslvm

python-libvslvm is:

libvslvm is a library to access the Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system format.

This package contains Python 2 bindings for libvslvm.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-libvslvm

Install python-libvslvm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-libvslvm

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-libvslvm

How To Uninstall python-libvslvm on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-libvslvm

Uninstall python-libvslvm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libvslvm

Remove python-libvslvm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libvslvm

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-libvslvm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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