How To Install python-pypureomapi on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pypureomapi on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pypureomapi is ISC DHCP OMAPI protocol implementation in Python2

Introduction

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

What is python-pypureomapi

python-pypureomapi is:

This module grew out of frustration about pyomapi and later pyomapic. The extension modules mentioned can be used to query the ISC DHCP server for information about leases. pyomapic does this job using swig and the static library provided with ISC DHCP. It leaks and has basically no error checking. Adding error checking later turned out to be a maintenance hell with swig, so a pure Python implementation for omapi, pypureomapi was born. It can mostly be used as a drop-in replacement for pyomapic. This is the py2 version of the module.

There are three methods to install python-pypureomapi 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-pypureomapi 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-pypureomapi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pypureomapi

Install python-pypureomapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pypureomapi

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pypureomapi

How To Uninstall python-pypureomapi on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pypureomapi

Uninstall python-pypureomapi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pypureomapi

Remove python-pypureomapi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pypureomapi

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pypureomapi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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