How To Install python-augeas on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-augeas on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-augeas is Python bindings for Augeas

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-augeas on Debian 10.

What is python-augeas

python-augeas is:

Augeas is a library and command line tool that focuses on the most basic problem in handling Linux configurations programmatically: editing actual configuration files in a controlled manner.

This module provides a Python interface to the Augeas API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-augeas

Install python-augeas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-augeas

Install python-augeas 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-augeas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-augeas

How To Uninstall python-augeas on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-augeas package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-augeas

Uninstall python-augeas And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-augeas

Remove python-augeas Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-augeas

Remove python-augeas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-augeas

Dependencies

python-augeas have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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