How To Install python-pyudev on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyudev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyudev is Python bindings for libudev

Introduction

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

What is python-pyudev

python-pyudev is:

This module provides a Python binding to the udev library.

It supports additional integration for GObject, PyQt4 and PySide.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyudev

Install python-pyudev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyudev

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyudev

How To Uninstall python-pyudev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyudev

Uninstall python-pyudev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyudev

Remove python-pyudev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyudev

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyudev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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