How To Install python-pyodbc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyodbc on Debian 9.

What is python-pyodbc

python-pyodbc is:

A Python DB API 2 module for ODBC. No 3rd party libraries are required. Only native Python datatypes are used, such as decimal and datetime. It implements the Python Database API Specification v2.0. For example: import pyodbc Next, create a connection by passing an ODBC connection string to the connect method. This step causes ODBC to load the database driver (the SQL Server driver in this example) and connect to the database. cnxn = pyodbc.connect(‘DSN=northwind’)

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyodbc

Install python-pyodbc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyodbc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyodbc

How To Uninstall python-pyodbc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyodbc

Uninstall python-pyodbc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pyodbc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyodbc

Remove python-pyodbc Configurations and Data

To remove python-pyodbc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyodbc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyodbc have the following dependencies:

• python
• python
• python

References

• python-pyodbc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyodbc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.