How To Install python-webdav on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-webdav on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-webdav is WebDAV server implementation in Python (Python2)

Introduction

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

What is python-webdav

python-webdav is:

PyWebDAV is a WebDAV server implementation in Python. It’s aim is to provide a simple interface to webdav services to any application which needs it. It can be run as a daemon.

This package is targeting Python version 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-webdav

Install python-webdav Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-webdav

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-webdav

How To Uninstall python-webdav on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-webdav

Uninstall python-webdav And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-webdav

Remove python-webdav Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-webdav

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-webdav have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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