How To Install python-pyxattr on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyxattr on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyxattr is module for manipulating filesystem extended attributes

Introduction

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

What is python-pyxattr

python-pyxattr is:

pyxattr is a Python interface to the libattr library. It allows manipulation of the filesystem extended attributes present in some operating systems (GNU/Linux included).

This package contains the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyxattr

Install python-pyxattr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyxattr

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyxattr

How To Uninstall python-pyxattr on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyxattr

Uninstall python-pyxattr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyxattr

Remove python-pyxattr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyxattr

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyxattr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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