How To Install python-rainbow on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-rainbow on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-rainbow is core rainbow shared module

Introduction

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

What is python-rainbow

python-rainbow is:

Rainbow is a isolation shell which implements portions of the Bitfrost security architecture, as used on the OLPC XO-1 and elsewhere.

This package contains the shared Python module used by the rainbow frontend.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-rainbow

Install python-rainbow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-rainbow

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-rainbow

How To Uninstall python-rainbow on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-rainbow

Uninstall python-rainbow And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rainbow

Remove python-rainbow Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-rainbow

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-rainbow have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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