How To Install plainbox-manifest-collect on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install python3-plainbox

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is plainbox-manifest-collect and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install plainbox-manifest-collect on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install plainbox-manifest-collect using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install plainbox-manifest-collect using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-plainbox

Install plainbox-manifest-collect using apt

Because plainbox-manifest-collect is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install plainbox-manifest-collect using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-plainbox

Install plainbox-manifest-collect 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install plainbox-manifest-collect by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-plainbox

How to upgrade (update) a single package plainbox-manifest-collect using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the plainbox-manifest-collect, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install python3-plainbox

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install python3-plainbox

How To Uninstall plainbox-manifest-collect from Debian 11

To uninstall only the plainbox-manifest-collect package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-plainbox

Uninstall plainbox-manifest-collect and all its dependencies

To uninstall plainbox-manifest-collect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-plainbox

Remove plainbox-manifest-collect with all configurations and data

To remove plainbox-manifest-collect configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-plainbox

Remove plainbox-manifest-collect completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to plainbox-manifest-collect package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

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

Extra info and code examples

PlainBox is a toolkit consisting of python3 library, development tools, documentation and examples. It is targeted at developers working on testing or certification applications and authors creating tests for such applications. PlainBox can be used to both create simple and comprehensive test tools as well as to develop and execute test jobs and test scenarios. It was created as a refined and rewritten core of the Checkbox project. It has a well tested and documented core, small but active development community and a collection of associated projects that use it as a lower-level engine/back-end library. PlainBox has a novel approach to discovering (and probing) hardware and software that is extensible and not hardwired into the system. It allows test developers to express association between a particular test and the hardware, software and configuration constraints that must be met for the test to execute meaningfully. This feature, along with pluggable test definitions, makes plainbox flexible and applicable to many diverse testing situations, ranging from mobile phones, traditional desktop computers, servers and up to testing "cloud" installations. This package contains the plainbox python3 library.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install plainbox-manifest-collect using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the plainbox-manifest-collect from Debian 11.

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