How To Install python-linux-procfs on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-linux-procfs on Debian 10.
What is python-linux-procfs
python-linux-procfs is:
Python abstractions to extract information from the Linux kernel /proc files.
This package provides the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-linux-procfs 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-linux-procfs 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-linux-procfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-linux-procfs
Install python-linux-procfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-linux-procfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-linux-procfs
Install python-linux-procfs 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-linux-procfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-linux-procfs
How To Uninstall python-linux-procfs on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-linux-procfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-linux-procfs
Uninstall python-linux-procfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-linux-procfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-linux-procfs
Remove python-linux-procfs Configurations and Data
To remove python-linux-procfs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-linux-procfs
Remove python-linux-procfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-linux-procfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-linux-procfs
Dependencies
python-linux-procfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-linux-procfs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.