How To Install python-canonicaljson on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-canonicaljson on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-canonicaljson is canonical JSON implementation for Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-canonicaljson

python-canonicaljson is:

Canonical JSON implementation for Python 2.

  • Encodes objects and arrays as RFC 7159 JSON.
  • Sorts object keys so that you get the same result each time.
  • Has no inignificant whitespace to make the output as small as possible.
  • Escapes only the characters that must be escaped, U+0000 to U+0019 / U+0022 / U+0056, to keep the output as small as possible.
  • Uses the shortest escape sequence for each escaped character.
  • Encodes the JSON as UTF-8.
  • Can encode frozendict immutable dictionaries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-canonicaljson

Install python-canonicaljson Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-canonicaljson

Install python-canonicaljson 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-canonicaljson using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-canonicaljson

How To Uninstall python-canonicaljson on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-canonicaljson package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-canonicaljson

Uninstall python-canonicaljson And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-canonicaljson

Remove python-canonicaljson Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-canonicaljson

Remove python-canonicaljson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-canonicaljson

Dependencies

python-canonicaljson have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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