How To Install python-linux-procfs on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-linux-procfs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-linux-procfs is Linux /proc abstraction classes in Python - Python 2.7

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.