How To Install pylucene on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pylucene on Debian 9. pylucene is Python extension for accessing Java Lucene (transitional dummy package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pylucene on Debian 9.

What is pylucene

pylucene is:

This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install pylucene on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pylucene Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pylucene

Install pylucene Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pylucene using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pylucene

Install pylucene 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 pylucene using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pylucene

How To Uninstall pylucene on Debian 9

To uninstall only the pylucene package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pylucene

Uninstall pylucene And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pylucene and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pylucene

Remove pylucene Configurations and Data

To remove pylucene configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pylucene

Remove pylucene configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pylucene

Dependencies

pylucene have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pylucene package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.