How To Install python-snimpy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-snimpy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-snimpy is high-level SNMP bindings for Python 2

Introduction

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

What is `python-snimpy`

python-snimpy is:

Snimpy is a Python-based tool providing a simple interface to build SNMP queries. This interface aims at being the most Pythonic possible: you grab scalars using attributes and columns are like dictionaries.

Snimpy can either be used interactively through its console (derived from Python own console or from IPython if available) or by writing snimpy scripts which are just Python scripts with some global variables available.

This package contains the binding for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-snimpy

Install python-snimpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-snimpy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-snimpy

How To Uninstall python-snimpy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-snimpy

Uninstall python-snimpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-snimpy

Remove python-snimpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-snimpy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-snimpy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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