How To Install python-snappy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snappy on Debian 9. python-snappy is snappy compression library from Google - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snappy on Debian 9.

What is python-snappy

python-snappy is:

Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not aim for maximum compression, or compatibility with any other compression library; instead, it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. You can read package libsnappy1 for more information.

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-snappy

Install python-snappy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-snappy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-snappy

How To Uninstall python-snappy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-snappy

Uninstall python-snappy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-snappy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-snappy

Remove python-snappy Configurations and Data

To remove python-snappy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-snappy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-snappy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snappy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.