How To Install python-launchpadlib on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-launchpadlib on Debian 9. python-launchpadlib is Launchpad web services client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-launchpadlib on Debian 9.

What is python-launchpadlib

python-launchpadlib is:

A free Python library for scripting Launchpad through its web services interface.

It currently provides access to the following parts of Launchpad:

  • People and Teams
  • Team memberships
  • Bugs and bugtasks

The Launchpad API is currently in beta, and may well change in ways incompatible with this library.

You can find current API documentation at https://help.launchpad.net/API/launchpadlib

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-launchpadlib

Install python-launchpadlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-launchpadlib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-launchpadlib

How To Uninstall python-launchpadlib on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-launchpadlib

Uninstall python-launchpadlib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-launchpadlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-launchpadlib

Remove python-launchpadlib Configurations and Data

To remove python-launchpadlib configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-launchpadlib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-launchpadlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-launchpadlib package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.