How To Install python3-lfc on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-lfc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-lfc is LCG File Catalog (LFC) python3 bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lfc on Debian 10.

What is python3-lfc

python3-lfc is:

The LCG File Catalog (LFC) keeps track of the locations of the physical replicas of the logical files in a distributed storage system. This package provides Python3 bindings for the LFC client library.

There are three methods to install python3-lfc on Debian 10. 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-lfc 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-lfc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-lfc

Install python3-lfc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-lfc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-lfc

How To Uninstall python3-lfc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-lfc

Uninstall python3-lfc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-lfc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lfc

Remove python3-lfc Configurations and Data

To remove python3-lfc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lfc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-lfc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lfc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.