How To Install python3-crontab on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-crontab on Debian 9.
What is python3-crontab
python3-crontab is:
python-crontab is a Python module for reading and writing crontab files and accessing the system crontabs automatically and simply using a direct API. This package includes the module for python3.
Features include:
- Displaying and modifying system and user crontab files
- Adding comments to be displayed with jobs
- Validating jobs
- Searching for jobs
There are three methods to install python3-crontab 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 python3-crontab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-crontab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-crontab
Install python3-crontab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-crontab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-crontab
Install python3-crontab 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 python3-crontab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-crontab
How To Uninstall python3-crontab on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-crontab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-crontab
Uninstall python3-crontab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-crontab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-crontab
Remove python3-crontab Configurations and Data
To remove python3-crontab configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-crontab
Remove python3-crontab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-crontab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-crontab
Dependencies
python3-crontab have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-crontab package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
