How To Install python-libvshadow on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is python-libvshadow

python-libvshadow is:

libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain copies of data on a storage media volume.

This package contains Python 2 bindings for libvshadow.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-libvshadow

Install python-libvshadow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-libvshadow

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-libvshadow

How To Uninstall python-libvshadow on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-libvshadow

Uninstall python-libvshadow And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libvshadow

Remove python-libvshadow Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libvshadow

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-libvshadow have the following dependencies:

• libvshadow1
• libbfio1
• libc6
• libpython2.7
• python
• python
• python

References

• python-libvshadow website

Summary

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