How To Install python-pydbus on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydbus on Debian 9.
What is python-pydbus
python-pydbus is:
pydbus provides a pythonic interface to the D-Bus message bus system. pydbus can be used to access remote objects and also for object publication.
It is based on PyGI, the Python GObject Introspection bindings, which is the recommended way to use GLib from Python.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pydbus 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-pydbus 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-pydbus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pydbus
Install python-pydbus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pydbus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pydbus
Install python-pydbus 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-pydbus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pydbus
How To Uninstall python-pydbus on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pydbus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pydbus
Uninstall python-pydbus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pydbus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pydbus
Remove python-pydbus Configurations and Data
To remove python-pydbus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pydbus
Remove python-pydbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pydbus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pydbus
Dependencies
python-pydbus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydbus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
