How To Install python-plist on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plist
on Debian 10.
What is python-plist
python-plist is:
libplist is a library for reading and writing the Apple binary and XML property lists format. It’s part of the libimobiledevice stack, providing access to iDevices (iPod, iPhone, iPad …).
This package contains the Python 2 bindings.
There are three methods to install python-plist
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-plist 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-plist
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-plist
Install python-plist Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-plist
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-plist
Install python-plist 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-plist
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-plist
How To Uninstall python-plist on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-plist
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-plist
Uninstall python-plist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-plist
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-plist
Remove python-plist Configurations and Data
To remove python-plist
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-plist
Remove python-plist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-plist
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-plist
Dependencies
python-plist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plist
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.