How To Install python-pymemcache on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pymemcache on Debian 9.
What is python-pymemcache
python-pymemcache is:
Pymemcache is a comprehensive, fast, pure-Python memcached client. It supports the following features:
- Complete implementation of the memcached text protocol.
- Configurable timeouts for socket connect and send/recv calls.
- Access to the “noreply” flag, which can significantly increase the speed of writes.
- Flexible, simple approach to serialization and deserialization.
- The (optional) ability to treat network and memcached errors as cache misses.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-pymemcache 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-pymemcache 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-pymemcache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pymemcache
Install python-pymemcache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pymemcache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pymemcache
Install python-pymemcache 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-pymemcache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pymemcache
How To Uninstall python-pymemcache on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pymemcache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pymemcache
Uninstall python-pymemcache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pymemcache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pymemcache
Remove python-pymemcache Configurations and Data
To remove python-pymemcache configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pymemcache
Remove python-pymemcache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pymemcache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pymemcache
Dependencies
python-pymemcache have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pymemcache package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
