How To Install python-jellyfish on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-jellyfish on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-jellyfish is Library for approximate and phonetic matching of strings (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-jellyfish

python-jellyfish is:

Jellyfish is a Python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings. Includes algorithms for string comparison (Levenshtein Distance, Damerau-Levenshtein Distance, Jaro Distance, Jaro-Winkler Distance, Match Rating Approach Comparison, Hamming Distance) and phonetic encoding (American Soundex, Metaphone, NYSIIS, Match Rating Codex).

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-jellyfish

Install python-jellyfish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-jellyfish

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-jellyfish

How To Uninstall python-jellyfish on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-jellyfish

Uninstall python-jellyfish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-jellyfish

Remove python-jellyfish Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-jellyfish

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-jellyfish have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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