How To Install python-solv on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-solv on Debian 9.
What is python-solv
python-solv is:
This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:
- Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
- Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.
This package contains the Python (v2) bindings for the libsolv0 library.
There are three methods to install python-solv 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-solv 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-solv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-solv
Install python-solv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-solv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-solv
Install python-solv 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-solv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-solv
How To Uninstall python-solv on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-solv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-solv
Uninstall python-solv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-solv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-solv
Remove python-solv Configurations and Data
To remove python-solv configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-solv
Remove python-solv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-solv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-solv
Dependencies
python-solv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-solv package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
