How To Install python-sdnotify on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sdnotify on Debian 10.
What is python-sdnotify
python-sdnotify is:
This is a pure Python implementation of the systemd sd_notify protocol. This protocol can be used to inform systemd about service start-up completion, watchdog events, and other service status changes.
Thus, this package can be used to write system services in Python that play nicely with systemd.
This is the Python 2 package.
There are three methods to install python-sdnotify 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-sdnotify 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-sdnotify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sdnotify
Install python-sdnotify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sdnotify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sdnotify
Install python-sdnotify 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-sdnotify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sdnotify
How To Uninstall python-sdnotify on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-sdnotify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sdnotify
Uninstall python-sdnotify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sdnotify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sdnotify
Remove python-sdnotify Configurations and Data
To remove python-sdnotify configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sdnotify
Remove python-sdnotify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sdnotify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sdnotify
Dependencies
python-sdnotify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sdnotify package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.