How To Install python-pyasn1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyasn1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyasn1 is ASN.1 library for Python (Python 2 module)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyasn1 on Debian 10.

What is python-pyasn1

python-pyasn1 is:

This is an implementation of ASN.1 types and codecs in Python programming language. It has been first written to support particular protocol (SNMP) but then generalized to be suitable for a wide range of protocols based on ASN.1 specification.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

There are three methods to install python-pyasn1 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-pyasn1 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-pyasn1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyasn1

Install python-pyasn1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pyasn1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-pyasn1

Install python-pyasn1 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-pyasn1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyasn1

How To Uninstall python-pyasn1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-pyasn1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pyasn1

Uninstall python-pyasn1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pyasn1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyasn1

Remove python-pyasn1 Configurations and Data

To remove python-pyasn1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyasn1

Remove python-pyasn1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-pyasn1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyasn1

Dependencies

python-pyasn1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyasn1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.