How To Install python-ipaddress on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ipaddress on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ipaddress is Backport of Python 3 ipaddress module (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-ipaddress

python-ipaddress is:

This module is a backport of the stdlib “ipaddress” module from Python 3. The “ipaddress” module is in turn based off of the “ipaddr” module available in the “python-ipaddr” but there are some important API differences; make sure you are using the right module.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ipaddress

Install python-ipaddress Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ipaddress

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ipaddress

How To Uninstall python-ipaddress on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ipaddress

Uninstall python-ipaddress And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ipaddress

Remove python-ipaddress Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ipaddress

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-ipaddress have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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