How To Install python3-pyeapi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyeapi
on Debian 9.
What is python3-pyeapi
python3-pyeapi is:
The Python Client for eAPI (pyeapi) is a native Python library wrapper around Arista EOS eAPI. It provides a set of Python language bindings for configuring Arista EOS nodes. It can be used either on a local node (running EOS) or on a remote node.
This library also provides an API layer for building native Python objects to interact with the destination nodes. The API layer is a convenient implementation for working with the EOS configuration and is extensible for developing custom implementations. For example, it allows one to list VLAN or configure a BGP session.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-pyeapi
on Debian 9. 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-pyeapi 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-pyeapi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyeapi
Install python3-pyeapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyeapi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pyeapi
Install python3-pyeapi 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-pyeapi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyeapi
How To Uninstall python3-pyeapi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-pyeapi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pyeapi
Uninstall python3-pyeapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pyeapi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyeapi
Remove python3-pyeapi Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pyeapi
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyeapi
Remove python3-pyeapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pyeapi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyeapi
Dependencies
python3-pyeapi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyeapi
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.