How To Install python-expiringdict on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-expiringdict on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-expiringdict is Python caching library

Introduction

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

What is python-expiringdict

python-expiringdict is:

expiringdict is a Python caching library, providing an ordered dictionary with auto-expiring values for caching purposes. Expiration happens on any access, object is locked during cleanup from expired values. ExpiringDict stores at most a maximum number of elements - the oldest will be deleted.

This is the Python 2 version of this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-expiringdict

Install python-expiringdict Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-expiringdict

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-expiringdict

How To Uninstall python-expiringdict on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-expiringdict

Uninstall python-expiringdict And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-expiringdict

Remove python-expiringdict Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-expiringdict

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-expiringdict have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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