How To Install python-pymongo on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pymongo on Debian 9. python-pymongo is Python interface to the MongoDB document-oriented database

Introduction

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

What is python-pymongo

python-pymongo is:

MongoDB is a high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented data store. Pymongo provides an interface to easily access it from Python. Consider installing the python-pymongo-ext C extension to improve performance.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pymongo

Install python-pymongo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pymongo

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pymongo

How To Uninstall python-pymongo on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pymongo

Uninstall python-pymongo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pymongo

Remove python-pymongo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pymongo

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pymongo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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