How To Install frr-pythontools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install frr-pythontools on Debian 12.
What is frr-pythontools
frr-pythontools is:
The FRRouting suite uses a small Python tool to provide configuration reload functionality, particularly useful when the interactive configuration shell is not used.
Without this package installed, “reload” (as a systemd or init script invocation) will not work for the FRR daemons.
There are three methods to install frr-pythontools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install frr-pythontools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install frr-pythontools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install frr-pythontools
Install frr-pythontools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install frr-pythontools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install frr-pythontools
Install frr-pythontools 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 frr-pythontools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install frr-pythontools
How To Uninstall frr-pythontools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the frr-pythontools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove frr-pythontools
Uninstall frr-pythontools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall frr-pythontools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove frr-pythontools
Remove frr-pythontools Configurations and Data
To remove frr-pythontools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge frr-pythontools
Remove frr-pythontools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove frr-pythontools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge frr-pythontools
Dependencies
frr-pythontools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install frr-pythontools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.