How To Install python3-fdb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fdb on Debian 10.
What is python3-fdb
python3-fdb is:
FDB is a Python library package that implements Python Database API 2.0-compliant support for the open source relational database Firebird?. In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, FDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine. This version installs the Python3 byte code.
FDB is a replacement for python-kinterbasdb, which is no longer maintained by upstream.
There are three methods to install python3-fdb 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 python3-fdb 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-fdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-fdb
Install python3-fdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-fdb
Install python3-fdb 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-fdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-fdb
How To Uninstall python3-fdb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-fdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-fdb
Uninstall python3-fdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-fdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fdb
Remove python3-fdb Configurations and Data
To remove python3-fdb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fdb
Remove python3-fdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-fdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fdb
Dependencies
python3-fdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fdb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
