How To Install python-pthreading on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pthreading on Debian 9.
What is python-pthreading
python-pthreading is:
This package provides Python threading.Lock, RLock and Condition synchronization objects compatible with Python native threading module. The implementation, however, is based on POSIX thread library as delivered by the libpthread. This improves performance on Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pthreading 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-pthreading 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-pthreading using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pthreading
Install python-pthreading Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pthreading using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pthreading
Install python-pthreading 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-pthreading using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pthreading
How To Uninstall python-pthreading on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pthreading package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pthreading
Uninstall python-pthreading And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pthreading and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pthreading
Remove python-pthreading Configurations and Data
To remove python-pthreading configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pthreading
Remove python-pthreading configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pthreading configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pthreading
Dependencies
python-pthreading have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pthreading package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
