How To Install python-rhn on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rhn
on Debian 9.
What is python-rhn
python-rhn is:
Collection of base Python modules used by the Red Hat Network (http://rhn.redhat.com) and Spacewalk software. This is common library used by both clients and server.
There are three methods to install python-rhn
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-rhn 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-rhn
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rhn
Install python-rhn Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rhn
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rhn
Install python-rhn 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-rhn
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rhn
How To Uninstall python-rhn on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-rhn
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rhn
Uninstall python-rhn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rhn
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rhn
Remove python-rhn Configurations and Data
To remove python-rhn
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rhn
Remove python-rhn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rhn
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rhn
Dependencies
python-rhn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rhn
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.