How To Install python-cbor on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cbor on Debian 9. python-cbor is Python Implementation of RFC 7049. Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR).

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.