How To Install python-cbor on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cbor
on Debian 9.
What is python-cbor
python-cbor is:
CBOR is comparable to JSON, has a superset of JSON??s ability, but serializes to a binary format which is smaller and faster to generate and parse.
The two primary functions are cbor.loads() and cbor.dumps(). This library includes a C implementation which runs 3-5 times faster than the Python standard library??s C-accelerated implementanion of JSON. This is also includes a 100% Python implementation
There are three methods to install python-cbor
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 python-cbor 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-cbor
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cbor
Install python-cbor Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cbor
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cbor
Install python-cbor 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-cbor
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cbor
How To Uninstall python-cbor on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-cbor
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cbor
Uninstall python-cbor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cbor
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cbor
Remove python-cbor Configurations and Data
To remove python-cbor
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cbor
Remove python-cbor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cbor
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cbor
Dependencies
python-cbor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cbor
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.