How To Install python3-vmdkstream on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-vmdkstream on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-vmdkstream is Python 3 module for converting raw disk images to VMDK files

Introduction

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

What is python3-vmdkstream

python3-vmdkstream is:

This Python 3 module converts raw disk images to stream-optimized VMDK files for VMWare ESX/vSphere environment, and known to work on ESXi 4.1.

Its format is only useful if you are attempting to import virtual machines into ESX using the vSphere SOAP API and HTTP POST uploads of image files. (In which case, it is required.)

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-vmdkstream

Install python3-vmdkstream Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-vmdkstream

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-vmdkstream

How To Uninstall python3-vmdkstream on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-vmdkstream

Uninstall python3-vmdkstream And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-vmdkstream

Remove python3-vmdkstream Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-vmdkstream

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-vmdkstream have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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