How To Install python-memcache on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-memcache on Debian 9. python-memcache is pure Python memcached client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-memcache on Debian 9.

What is python-memcache

python-memcache is:

This software is a 100% Python interface to the memcached memory cache daemon. It is the client side software which allows storing values in one or more, possibly remote, memcached servers.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-memcache on Debian 9. 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-memcache 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-memcache using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-memcache

Install python-memcache Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-memcache

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-memcache

How To Uninstall python-memcache on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-memcache

Uninstall python-memcache And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-memcache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-memcache

Remove python-memcache Configurations and Data

To remove python-memcache configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-memcache

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-memcache have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-memcache package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.