How To Install python-colander on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-colander on Debian 9.
What is python-colander
python-colander is:
Colander is an extensible package which can be used to deserialize and validate a data structure composed of strings, mappings, and lists, and to serialize an arbitrary data structure to a data structure composed of strings, mappings, and lists.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-colander 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-colander 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-colander using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-colander
Install python-colander Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-colander using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-colander
Install python-colander 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-colander using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-colander
How To Uninstall python-colander on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-colander package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-colander
Uninstall python-colander And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-colander and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-colander
Remove python-colander Configurations and Data
To remove python-colander configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-colander
Remove python-colander configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-colander configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-colander
Dependencies
python-colander have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-colander package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
