How To Install python-memory-profiler on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-memory-profiler on Debian 9. python-memory-profiler is memory consumption analysis for Python programs (Python 2 build)

Introduction

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

What is python-memory-profiler

python-memory-profiler is:

This is a Python module for monitoring memory consumption of a process as well as line-by-line analysis of memory consumption for Python programs.

This module is built for Python version 2.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-memory-profiler

Install python-memory-profiler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-memory-profiler

Install python-memory-profiler 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-memory-profiler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-memory-profiler

How To Uninstall python-memory-profiler on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-memory-profiler

Uninstall python-memory-profiler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-memory-profiler

Remove python-memory-profiler Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-memory-profiler

Remove python-memory-profiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-memory-profiler

Dependencies

python-memory-profiler have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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