How To Install python3-yang on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-yang on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-yang is parser toolkit for IETF YANG data modeling - python3 support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yang on Debian 10.

What is python3-yang

python3-yang is:

This package allows using libyang functionality to load IETF YANG models and data from Python3 code.

The bindings are partially generated by SWIG.

There are three methods to install python3-yang 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-yang 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-yang using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-yang

Install python3-yang Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-yang using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-yang

Install python3-yang 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-yang using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-yang

How To Uninstall python3-yang on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-yang package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-yang

Uninstall python3-yang And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-yang and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yang

Remove python3-yang Configurations and Data

To remove python3-yang configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yang

Remove python3-yang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-yang configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-yang

Dependencies

python3-yang have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yang package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.