How To Install python-pylibacl on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pylibacl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pylibacl is module for manipulating POSIX.1e ACLs

Introduction

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

What is python-pylibacl

python-pylibacl is:

pylibacl is a Python interface to the libacl library. It allows manipulation of the POSIX.1e-compliant filesystem ACLs present in some operating systems (GNU/Linux included).

This package contains the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pylibacl

Install python-pylibacl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pylibacl

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pylibacl

How To Uninstall python-pylibacl on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pylibacl

Uninstall python-pylibacl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pylibacl

Remove python-pylibacl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pylibacl

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pylibacl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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