How To Install python-reconfigure on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-reconfigure on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-reconfigure is simple config file management library (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-reconfigure

python-reconfigure is:

python-reconfigure provides easy and uniform access to various kinds of configuration files, easily extendable with custom parsers.

Supported configuration files:

  • Ajenti (ajenti)
  • BIND9 DNS (bind9)
  • Crontabs (crontab)
  • Samba CTDB (ctdb)
  • ISC DHCPD / uDHCPD (dhcpd)
  • NFS /etc/exports (exports)
  • /etc/fstab (fstab)
  • /etc/group (group)
  • /etc/hosts (hosts)
  • iptables-save dump (iptables)
  • Netatalk afp.conf (netatalk)
  • NSD DNS (nsd)
  • /etc/passwd (passwd)
  • /etc/resolv.conf (resolv)
  • Samba (samba)
  • Squid 3 (squid)
  • Supervisord (supervisor)

Included parsers:

  • BIND9 config (bind9)
  • Crontab (crontab)
  • NFS Exports (exports)
  • .ini (ini)
  • iptables-save (iptables)
  • nginx-like (nginx)
  • squid (squid)
  • nsd (nsd)
  • CSV-like space-separated values (ssv)
  • JSON (jsonparser)

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-reconfigure

Install python-reconfigure Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-reconfigure

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-reconfigure

How To Uninstall python-reconfigure on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-reconfigure

Uninstall python-reconfigure And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-reconfigure

Remove python-reconfigure Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-reconfigure

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-reconfigure have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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