How To Install python3-pcp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcp on Debian 12.
What is python3-pcp
python3-pcp is:
The PCP Python3 module contains the language bindings for building Performance Metric API client tools using Python3.
The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.
There are three methods to install python3-pcp 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-pcp 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-pcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pcp
Install python3-pcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pcp
Install python3-pcp 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-pcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pcp
How To Uninstall python3-pcp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pcp
Uninstall python3-pcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pcp
Remove python3-pcp Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pcp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pcp
Remove python3-pcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pcp
Dependencies
python3-pcp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
