How To Install python-mk-livestatus on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mk-livestatus on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mk-livestatus is Helps to query MK livestatus and return results as dictionary

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mk-livestatus on Debian 10.

What is python-mk-livestatus

python-mk-livestatus is:

Python MK Livestatus parser ===========================

Access the data returned from MK Livestatus queries as Python lists or dictionaries. It does this by sending queries to the MK Livestatus UNIX socket and parses the returned rows. Read/write permission to the UNIX socket are required.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-mk-livestatus

Install python-mk-livestatus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mk-livestatus

Install python-mk-livestatus 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-mk-livestatus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mk-livestatus

How To Uninstall python-mk-livestatus on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-mk-livestatus

Uninstall python-mk-livestatus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mk-livestatus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mk-livestatus

Remove python-mk-livestatus Configurations and Data

To remove python-mk-livestatus configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mk-livestatus

Remove python-mk-livestatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mk-livestatus

Dependencies

python-mk-livestatus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mk-livestatus package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.