How To Install python-rarfile on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rarfile on Debian 10.
What is python-rarfile
python-rarfile is:
This is a Python module for RAR archive reading. The interface is made a zipfile like as possible. It supports both RAR3 and RAR5 archives, multi volumes archives, unicode filenames and password protected archives.
This is the python2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-rarfile 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-rarfile 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-rarfile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rarfile
Install python-rarfile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rarfile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rarfile
Install python-rarfile 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-rarfile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rarfile
How To Uninstall python-rarfile on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-rarfile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rarfile
Uninstall python-rarfile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rarfile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rarfile
Remove python-rarfile Configurations and Data
To remove python-rarfile configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rarfile
Remove python-rarfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rarfile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rarfile
Dependencies
python-rarfile have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rarfile package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.