How To Install python-pyfg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfg
on Debian 9.
What is python-pyfg
python-pyfg is:
This package provides a Python API to connect to FortiGate network firewalls from Fortinet. It can retrieve several information, including interfaces and inventory. It can also modify the current configuration and execute arbitrary commands.
There are three methods to install python-pyfg
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-pyfg 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-pyfg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyfg
Install python-pyfg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyfg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyfg
Install python-pyfg 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-pyfg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyfg
How To Uninstall python-pyfg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pyfg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyfg
Uninstall python-pyfg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyfg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyfg
Remove python-pyfg Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyfg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyfg
Remove python-pyfg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyfg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyfg
Dependencies
python-pyfg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.