How To Install python-pylibacl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pylibacl on Debian 9.
What is python-pylibacl
python-pylibacl is:
pylibacl is a Python interface to the libacl library. It allows manipulation of the POSIX.1e-compliant filesystem ACLs present in some operating systems (GNU/Linux included).
This package contains the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pylibacl 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-pylibacl 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-pylibacl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pylibacl
Install python-pylibacl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pylibacl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pylibacl
Install python-pylibacl 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-pylibacl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pylibacl
How To Uninstall python-pylibacl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pylibacl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pylibacl
Uninstall python-pylibacl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pylibacl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pylibacl
Remove python-pylibacl Configurations and Data
To remove python-pylibacl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pylibacl
Remove python-pylibacl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pylibacl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pylibacl
Dependencies
python-pylibacl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pylibacl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
