How To Install python3-hiera on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hiera on Debian 12.
What is python3-hiera
python3-hiera is:
Hiera is a key/value lookup tool for configuration data, often used in Puppet and created and built to make Puppet better and let you set node-specific data without repeating yourself.
Hiera??s hierarchical lookups follow a ??defaults, with overrides?? pattern, meaning you specify common data once, and override it in situations where the default won??t work.
The hierarchical data can be organised as JSON, YAML, and EYAML files.
This package installs the library for Python 3 of the hiera bindings to work with formatted hierarchical data.
There are three methods to install python3-hiera 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-hiera 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-hiera using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-hiera
Install python3-hiera Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-hiera using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-hiera
Install python3-hiera 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-hiera using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-hiera
How To Uninstall python3-hiera on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-hiera package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-hiera
Uninstall python3-hiera And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-hiera and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-hiera
Remove python3-hiera Configurations and Data
To remove python3-hiera configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-hiera
Remove python3-hiera configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-hiera configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-hiera
Dependencies
python3-hiera have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hiera package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
