How To Install python-pyftpdlib on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyftpdlib on Debian 9.
What is python-pyftpdlib
python-pyftpdlib is:
Python FTP server library provides a high-level portable interface to easily write asynchronous FTP servers with Python.
pyftpdlib is currently the most complete RFC-959 FTP server implementation available for Python programming language. It is used in projects like Google Chromium and Bazaar.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-pyftpdlib 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-pyftpdlib 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-pyftpdlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyftpdlib
Install python-pyftpdlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyftpdlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyftpdlib
Install python-pyftpdlib 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-pyftpdlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyftpdlib
How To Uninstall python-pyftpdlib on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pyftpdlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyftpdlib
Uninstall python-pyftpdlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyftpdlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyftpdlib
Remove python-pyftpdlib Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyftpdlib configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyftpdlib
Remove python-pyftpdlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyftpdlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyftpdlib
Dependencies
python-pyftpdlib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyftpdlib package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
