How To Install python-apt-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apt-common on Debian 9.
What is python-apt-common
python-apt-common is:
The apt_pkg Python interface will provide full access to the internal libapt-pkg structures allowing Python programs to easily perform a variety of functions.
This package contains locales.
There are three methods to install python-apt-common 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 python-apt-common 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-apt-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-apt-common
Install python-apt-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apt-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-apt-common
Install python-apt-common 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-apt-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-apt-common
How To Uninstall python-apt-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-apt-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-apt-common
Uninstall python-apt-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-apt-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-apt-common
Remove python-apt-common Configurations and Data
To remove python-apt-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-apt-common
Remove python-apt-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-apt-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-apt-common
Dependencies
python-apt-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apt-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.