How To Install python-fparser on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-fparser on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-fparser is Python Parser for the Fortran language

Introduction

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

What is python-fparser

python-fparser is:

The fparser package is a Python implementation of a Fortran 66/77/90/95/2003 language parser. Currently fparser actually includes two different implementations; the first, ??fparser??, supports Fortran 66/77/90 (plus some extensions ?? see fparser) but only parses down to the level of individual lines of code, i.e. not the content of the Fortran expressions themselves. The second, ??fparser2??, also has support for Fortran 2003 and is able to parse Fortran expressions. It is however, less mature than fparser.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-fparser

Install python-fparser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fparser

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-fparser

How To Uninstall python-fparser on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-fparser

Uninstall python-fparser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fparser

Remove python-fparser Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fparser

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-fparser have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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