How To Install python-zconfig on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-zconfig on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-zconfig is Structured Configuration Library, for Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-zconfig

python-zconfig is:

ZConfig is a configuration library intended for general use. It supports a hierarchical schema-driven configuration model that allows a schema to specify data conversion routines written in Python. ZConfig’s model is very different from the model supported by the ConfigParser module found in Python’s standard library, and is more suitable to configuration-intensive applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-zconfig

Install python-zconfig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-zconfig

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-zconfig

How To Uninstall python-zconfig on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-zconfig

Uninstall python-zconfig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zconfig

Remove python-zconfig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-zconfig

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-zconfig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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