How To Install python-smmap on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-smmap on Debian 9. python-smmap is pure Python implementation of a sliding window memory map manager

Introduction

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

What is python-smmap

python-smmap is:

Smmap wraps an interface around mmap and tracks the mapped files as well as the amount of clients who use it. If the system runs out of resources, or if a memory limit is reached, it will automatically unload unused maps to allow continued operation.

This package for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-smmap

Install python-smmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-smmap

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-smmap

How To Uninstall python-smmap on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-smmap

Uninstall python-smmap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-smmap

Remove python-smmap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-smmap

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-smmap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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