How To Install python-extras on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-extras on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-extras is extensions to the Python standard library (Python 2.x)

Introduction

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

What is python-extras

python-extras is:

Extras is a set of extensions to the Python standard library, originally written to make the code within testtools cleaner, but now split out for general use outside of a testing context.

This package contains the libraries for Python 2.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-extras

Install python-extras Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-extras

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-extras

How To Uninstall python-extras on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-extras

Uninstall python-extras And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-extras

Remove python-extras Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-extras

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-extras have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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