How To Install python3-aionotify on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-aionotify on Debian 12.
What is python3-aionotify
python3-aionotify is:
Asyncio library to create watchers on filesystem using inotify API and generate events from changes.
An event is a simple object with a few attributes:
- name: the path of the modified file
- flags: the modification flag; use aionotify.Flags.parse() to parse it
- alias: the alias of the watch triggering the event
- cookie: for renames, this integer value links the renamed from/to events
There are three methods to install python3-aionotify on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-aionotify Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-aionotify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-aionotify
Install python3-aionotify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-aionotify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-aionotify
Install python3-aionotify 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 python3-aionotify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-aionotify
How To Uninstall python3-aionotify on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-aionotify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-aionotify
Uninstall python3-aionotify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-aionotify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-aionotify
Remove python3-aionotify Configurations and Data
To remove python3-aionotify configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-aionotify
Remove python3-aionotify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-aionotify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-aionotify
Dependencies
python3-aionotify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-aionotify package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
