How To Install python-dill on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-dill on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-dill is Serialize all of Python (almost)

Introduction

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

What is python-dill

python-dill is:

Dill extends Python’s ‘pickle’ module for serializing and de-serializing Python objects to the majority of the built-in Python types. Dill provides the user the same interface as the ‘pickle’ module, and also includes some additional features. In addition to pickling Python objects, dill provides the ability to save the state of an interpreter session in a single command. Dill can be used to store Python objects to a file, but the primary usage is to send Python objects across the network as a byte stream.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-dill

Install python-dill Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-dill

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-dill

How To Uninstall python-dill on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-dill

Uninstall python-dill And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dill

Remove python-dill Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-dill

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-dill have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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