How To Install python3-dpm on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-dpm on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-dpm is Disk Pool Manager (DPM) python3 bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dpm on Debian 10.

What is python3-dpm

python3-dpm is:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides Python3 bindings for the DPM client library.

There are three methods to install python3-dpm 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 python3-dpm 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-dpm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dpm

Install python3-dpm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dpm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-dpm

Install python3-dpm 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-dpm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-dpm

How To Uninstall python3-dpm on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-dpm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-dpm

Uninstall python3-dpm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-dpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dpm

Remove python3-dpm Configurations and Data

To remove python3-dpm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dpm

Remove python3-dpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-dpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dpm

Dependencies

python3-dpm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dpm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.