How To Install python-diaspy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-diaspy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-diaspy is unofficial interface to the Diaspora social network (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-diaspy

python-diaspy is:

diaspy is a set of modules which form an Python interface to the API of Disapora* social network.

This package provides the diaspy Python module for Python 2.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-diaspy

Install python-diaspy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-diaspy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-diaspy

How To Uninstall python-diaspy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-diaspy

Uninstall python-diaspy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-diaspy

Remove python-diaspy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-diaspy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-diaspy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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