How To Install python-setuptools-scm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools-scm on Debian 9.
What is python-setuptools-scm
python-setuptools-scm is:
setuptools_scm handles managing your Python package versions in scm metadata. It also handles file finders for the suppertes scm’s.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-setuptools-scm 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-setuptools-scm 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-setuptools-scm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-setuptools-scm
Install python-setuptools-scm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-setuptools-scm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-setuptools-scm
Install python-setuptools-scm 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-setuptools-scm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-setuptools-scm
How To Uninstall python-setuptools-scm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-setuptools-scm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-setuptools-scm
Uninstall python-setuptools-scm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-setuptools-scm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-setuptools-scm
Remove python-setuptools-scm Configurations and Data
To remove python-setuptools-scm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-setuptools-scm
Remove python-setuptools-scm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-setuptools-scm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-setuptools-scm
Dependencies
python-setuptools-scm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools-scm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
