How To Install python-ijson on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ijson on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ijson is event-driven JSON parser (Python 2 version)

Introduction

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

What is python-ijson

python-ijson is:

Ijson is an iterative, event-driven JSON parser with a standard Python iterator interface. The principle is similar to Java SAX parser: the user can parse a document on-line, without storing the whole object in memory.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ijson

Install python-ijson Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ijson

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ijson

How To Uninstall python-ijson on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ijson

Uninstall python-ijson And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ijson

Remove python-ijson Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ijson

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-ijson have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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