How To Install python-backports.weakref on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-backports.weakref on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-backports.weakref is backports of new features in Python 2 weakref module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports.weakref on Debian 10.

What is python-backports.weakref

python-backports.weakref is:

This package provides backports of new features in Python’s weakref module under the backports namespace.

This package provides the Python 2 version of the module.

There are three methods to install python-backports.weakref 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 python-backports.weakref Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-backports.weakref using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-backports.weakref

Install python-backports.weakref Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-backports.weakref using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-backports.weakref

Install python-backports.weakref 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 python-backports.weakref using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-backports.weakref

How To Uninstall python-backports.weakref on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-backports.weakref package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-backports.weakref

Uninstall python-backports.weakref And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-backports.weakref and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-backports.weakref

Remove python-backports.weakref Configurations and Data

To remove python-backports.weakref configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-backports.weakref

Remove python-backports.weakref configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-backports.weakref configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-backports.weakref

Dependencies

python-backports.weakref have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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