How To Install python3-libnbd on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-libnbd on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-libnbd is Network Block Device client library – Python 3 bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libnbd on Debian 12.

What is python3-libnbd

python3-libnbd is:

NBD ?? Network Block Device ?? is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network.

This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients.

This package contains Python 3 bindings and nbdsh, an interactive shell.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-libnbd

Install python3-libnbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-libnbd

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-libnbd

How To Uninstall python3-libnbd on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-libnbd

Uninstall python3-libnbd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-libnbd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libnbd

Remove python3-libnbd Configurations and Data

To remove python3-libnbd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libnbd

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-libnbd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libnbd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.