How To Install python-posix-ipc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-posix-ipc on Debian 9.
What is python-posix-ipc
python-posix-ipc is:
posix_ipc is a Python module (written in C) that permits creation and manipulation of POSIX inter-process semaphores, shared memory and message queues on platforms supporting the POSIX Realtime Extensions a.k.a. POSIX 1003.1b-1993. This includes nearly all Unices and Windows + Cygwin 1.7.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-posix-ipc 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-posix-ipc 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-posix-ipc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-posix-ipc
Install python-posix-ipc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-posix-ipc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-posix-ipc
Install python-posix-ipc 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-posix-ipc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-posix-ipc
How To Uninstall python-posix-ipc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-posix-ipc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-posix-ipc
Uninstall python-posix-ipc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-posix-ipc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-posix-ipc
Remove python-posix-ipc Configurations and Data
To remove python-posix-ipc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-posix-ipc
Remove python-posix-ipc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-posix-ipc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-posix-ipc
Dependencies
python-posix-ipc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-posix-ipc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.