How To Install python-utmp on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-utmp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-utmp is python module for working with utmp

Introduction

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

What is python-utmp

python-utmp is:

python-utmp provides 3 modules to access utmp and wtmp records. utmpaccess is lowlevel module wrapping glibc functions, UTMPCONST provides useful constants, and utmp is module build on top of utmpaccess module, providing object oriented interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-utmp

Install python-utmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-utmp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-utmp

How To Uninstall python-utmp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-utmp

Uninstall python-utmp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-utmp

Remove python-utmp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-utmp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-utmp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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