How To Install python-pycountry on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycountry on Debian 9. python-pycountry is ISO databases accessible from Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-pycountry

python-pycountry is:

pycountry provides ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations, taken from the iso-codes package.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pycountry

Install python-pycountry Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pycountry

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pycountry

How To Uninstall python-pycountry on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pycountry

Uninstall python-pycountry And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycountry

Remove python-pycountry Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycountry

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pycountry have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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