How To Install python3-pyinotify on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyinotify
on Debian 9.
What is python3-pyinotify
python3-pyinotify is:
pyinotify is a simple wrapper for the Linux inotify mechanism.
inotify is a Linux Kernel feature available since 2.6.13. inotify makes it possible for applications to easily be notified of filesystem changes.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-pyinotify
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-pyinotify 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-pyinotify
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyinotify
Install python3-pyinotify Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyinotify
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pyinotify
Install python3-pyinotify 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-pyinotify
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyinotify
How To Uninstall python3-pyinotify on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-pyinotify
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pyinotify
Uninstall python3-pyinotify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pyinotify
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyinotify
Remove python3-pyinotify Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pyinotify
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyinotify
Remove python3-pyinotify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pyinotify
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyinotify
Dependencies
python3-pyinotify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyinotify
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.