How To Install python-ldap3 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ldap3 on Debian 10.
What is python-ldap3
python-ldap3 is:
A pure Python 3 LDAP version 3 strictly conforming to RFC4511 released under the LGPL v3 open source license. RFC4511 is the current LDAP specification (June 2006) from IETF and obsoletes the previous LDAP RFCs 2251, 2830, 3771 (December 1997)
This package contains the Python 2.7 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-ldap3 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-ldap3 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-ldap3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ldap3
Install python-ldap3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ldap3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ldap3
Install python-ldap3 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-ldap3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ldap3
How To Uninstall python-ldap3 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-ldap3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ldap3
Uninstall python-ldap3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ldap3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ldap3
Remove python-ldap3 Configurations and Data
To remove python-ldap3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ldap3
Remove python-ldap3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ldap3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ldap3
Dependencies
python-ldap3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ldap3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.