How To Install python-random2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-random2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-random2 is backport of Python 2.7s random module (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-random2 on Debian 10.

What is python-random2

python-random2 is:

In Python 3, the implementation of randrange() was changed, so that even with the same seed you get different sequences in Python 2 and 3.

random2 provides a Python 3 ported version of Python 2.7??s random module.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-random2 on Debian 10. 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-random2 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-random2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-random2

Install python-random2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-random2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-random2

Install python-random2 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-random2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-random2

How To Uninstall python-random2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-random2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-random2

Uninstall python-random2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-random2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-random2

Remove python-random2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-random2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-random2

Remove python-random2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-random2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-random2

Dependencies

python-random2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-random2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.