How To Install python-gerritlib on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-gerritlib on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-gerritlib is client library for accessing Gerrit with Python

Introduction

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

What is python-gerritlib

python-gerritlib is:

Gerritlib is a Python library for interacting with Gerrit.

It aims to provide a more conventionally pythonic way of managing a Gerrit instance.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-gerritlib

Install python-gerritlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-gerritlib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-gerritlib

How To Uninstall python-gerritlib on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-gerritlib

Uninstall python-gerritlib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gerritlib

Remove python-gerritlib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-gerritlib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-gerritlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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