How To Install python-os-net-config on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-net-config on Debian 10.
What is python-os-net-config
python-os-net-config is:
The core aim of this project is to allow fine grained (but extendable) configuration of the networking parameters for a network host. The project consists of:
- A CLI (os-net-config) which provides configuration via a YAML or JSON file formats. By default os-net-config uses a YAML config file located at /etc/os-net-config/config.yaml. This can be customized via the –config-file CLI option.
- A Python library which provides configuration via an object model.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-os-net-config 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-os-net-config 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-os-net-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-os-net-config
Install python-os-net-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-os-net-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-os-net-config
Install python-os-net-config 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-os-net-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-os-net-config
How To Uninstall python-os-net-config on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-os-net-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-os-net-config
Uninstall python-os-net-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-os-net-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-os-net-config
Remove python-os-net-config Configurations and Data
To remove python-os-net-config configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-os-net-config
Remove python-os-net-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-os-net-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-os-net-config
Dependencies
python-os-net-config have the following dependencies:
- dpkg
- python-anyjson
- python-babel
- python-eventlet
- python-iso8601
- python-netaddr
- python-oslo.config
- python-pbr
- python-six
- python-yaml
- python2.7
- python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-net-config package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
