How To Install python-dbf on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dbf on Debian 9.
What is python-dbf
python-dbf is:
A pure Python module for reading and writing dBase III, FoxPro, and Visual FoxPro 6 .dbf files (including memos). Text is returned as unicode, and codepage settings in tables are honored.
Currently not supported: index files, null fields, auto-incrementing fields.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-dbf 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-dbf 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-dbf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dbf
Install python-dbf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dbf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dbf
Install python-dbf 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-dbf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dbf
How To Uninstall python-dbf on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-dbf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dbf
Uninstall python-dbf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dbf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dbf
Remove python-dbf Configurations and Data
To remove python-dbf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dbf
Remove python-dbf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dbf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dbf
Dependencies
python-dbf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dbf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.