How To Install python-debian on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-debian on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-debian
python-debian is:
This package provides Python modules that abstract many formats of Debian related files. Currently handled are:
- Debtags information (debian.debtags module)
- debian/changelog (debian.changelog module)
- Packages files, pdiffs (debian.debian_support module)
- Control files of single or multiple RFC822-style paragraphs, e.g. debian/control, .changes, .dsc, Packages, Sources, Release, etc. (debian.deb822 module)
- Raw .deb and .ar files, with (read-only) access to contained files and meta-information
There are three methods to install python-debian on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-debian 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-debian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-debian
Install python-debian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-debian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-debian
Install python-debian 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-debian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-debian
How To Uninstall python-debian on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-debian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-debian
Uninstall python-debian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-debian
Remove python-debian Configurations and Data
To remove python-debian configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-debian
Remove python-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-debian
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-debian package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
