How To Install python3-pyzfs on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-pyzfs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-pyzfs is wrapper for libzfs_core C library

Introduction

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

What is python3-pyzfs

python3-pyzfs is:

libzfs_core is intended to be a stable interface for programmatic administration of ZFS. This wrapper provides one-to-one wrappers for libzfs_core API functions, but the signatures and types are more natural to Python.

nvlists are wrapped as dictionaries or lists depending on their usage. Some parameters have default values depending on typical use for increased convenience. Enumerations and bit flags become strings and lists of strings in Python. Errors are reported as exceptions rather than integer errno-style error codes. The wrapper takes care to provide one-to-many mapping of the error codes to the exceptions by interpreting a context in which the error code is produced.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyzfs

Install python3-pyzfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pyzfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyzfs

How To Uninstall python3-pyzfs on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pyzfs

Uninstall python3-pyzfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyzfs

Remove python3-pyzfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyzfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pyzfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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