How To Install python-semantic-version on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-semantic-version on Debian 9. python-semantic-version is implementing the SemVer scheme - Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is python-semantic-version

python-semantic-version is:

This small Python library provides a few tools to handle SemVer in Python. It follows strictly the 2.0.0 version of the SemVer scheme. semantic_version can also support versions which wouldn’t match the semantic version scheme by converting a version such as 0.1.2.3.4 into 0.1.2+3.4.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-semantic-version

Install python-semantic-version Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-semantic-version

Install python-semantic-version 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-semantic-version using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-semantic-version

How To Uninstall python-semantic-version on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-semantic-version

Uninstall python-semantic-version And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-semantic-version

Remove python-semantic-version Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-semantic-version

Remove python-semantic-version configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-semantic-version

Dependencies

python-semantic-version have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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