How To Install python-pcp on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pcp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pcp is Performance Co-Pilot Python PMAPI module

Introduction

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

What is python-pcp

python-pcp is:

The PCP Python module contains the language bindings for building Performance Metric API client tools using Python.

The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pcp

Install python-pcp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pcp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pcp

How To Uninstall python-pcp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pcp

Uninstall python-pcp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pcp

Remove python-pcp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pcp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pcp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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