How To Install python-nbxmpp on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-nbxmpp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-nbxmpp is Non blocking Jabber/XMPP Python library

Introduction

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

What is python-nbxmpp

python-nbxmpp is:

python-nbxmpp is a Python library that provides a way for Python applications to use Jabber/XMPP networks in a non-blocking way. This library is initialy a fork of xmpppy one, but using non-blocking sockets.

This is the Python 2 version of this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-nbxmpp

Install python-nbxmpp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-nbxmpp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-nbxmpp

How To Uninstall python-nbxmpp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-nbxmpp

Uninstall python-nbxmpp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nbxmpp

Remove python-nbxmpp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-nbxmpp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-nbxmpp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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