How To Install python3-pystemd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pystemd
on Debian 12.
What is python3-pystemd
python3-pystemd is:
This library allows you to talk to systemd over D-Bus from Python, without actually thinking that you are talking to systemd over D-Bus. This allows you to programmatically start/stop/restart/kill and verify services status from systemd point of view, avoiding executing
subprocess.Popen(['systemctl', ...
and then parsing the output to know the result.
There are three methods to install python3-pystemd
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-pystemd 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-pystemd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pystemd
Install python3-pystemd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pystemd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pystemd
Install python3-pystemd 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-pystemd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pystemd
How To Uninstall python3-pystemd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pystemd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pystemd
Uninstall python3-pystemd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pystemd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pystemd
Remove python3-pystemd Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pystemd
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pystemd
Remove python3-pystemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pystemd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pystemd
Dependencies
python3-pystemd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pystemd
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.