How To Install python-plumbum on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plumbum on Debian 9.
What is python-plumbum
python-plumbum is:
python-plumbum provides shell-like syntax and handy shortcuts for writing shell script one-liners in Python using shell combinators. It supports local and remote command execution (over SSH), local and remote file-system paths, easy working-directory and environment manipulation and a programmatic Command-Line Interface (CLI) application toolkit.
This is the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-plumbum on Debian 9. 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-plumbum 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-plumbum using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-plumbum
Install python-plumbum Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-plumbum using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-plumbum
Install python-plumbum 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-plumbum using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-plumbum
How To Uninstall python-plumbum on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-plumbum package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-plumbum
Uninstall python-plumbum And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-plumbum and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-plumbum
Remove python-plumbum Configurations and Data
To remove python-plumbum configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-plumbum
Remove python-plumbum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-plumbum configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-plumbum
Dependencies
python-plumbum have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plumbum package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
