How To Install python-pypowervm on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pypowervm on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pypowervm is binding for the PowerVM REST API - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pypowervm on Debian 10.

What is python-pypowervm

python-pypowervm is:

PowerVM, formerly known as Advanced Power Virtualization (APV), is a chargeable feature of IBM POWER6, POWER7 and POWER8 servers and is required for support of micro-partitions and other advanced features. Support is provided for IBM i, AIX and Linux. This Python module is a REST client for the PowerVM API.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-pypowervm on Debian 10. 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-pypowervm 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-pypowervm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pypowervm

Install python-pypowervm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pypowervm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-pypowervm

Install python-pypowervm 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-pypowervm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pypowervm

How To Uninstall python-pypowervm on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-pypowervm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pypowervm

Uninstall python-pypowervm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pypowervm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pypowervm

Remove python-pypowervm Configurations and Data

To remove python-pypowervm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pypowervm

Remove python-pypowervm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-pypowervm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pypowervm

Dependencies

python-pypowervm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pypowervm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.