How To Install python3-influxdb on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-influxdb on Debian 11.
What is python3-influxdb
python3-influxdb is:
API bindings for InfluxDB. Supports both InfluxDB v0.8 and InfluxDB >= 0.9. InfluxDB is an open source distributed time series database with no external dependencies. It’s useful for recording metrics, events, and performing analytics.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-influxdb on Debian 11. 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-influxdb 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-influxdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-influxdb
Install python3-influxdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-influxdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-influxdb
Install python3-influxdb 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-influxdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-influxdb
How To Uninstall python3-influxdb on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-influxdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-influxdb
Uninstall python3-influxdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-influxdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-influxdb
Remove python3-influxdb Configurations and Data
To remove python3-influxdb configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-influxdb
Remove python3-influxdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-influxdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-influxdb
Dependencies
python3-influxdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-influxdb package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.