How To Install python-singledispatch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-singledispatch on Debian 9.
What is python-singledispatch
python-singledispatch is:
PEP 443 proposed to expose a mechanism in the functools standard library module in Python 3.4 that provides a simple form of generic programming known as single-dispatch generic functions.
This library is a backport of this functionality to Python 2.6 - 3.3.
This is the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-singledispatch 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-singledispatch 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-singledispatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-singledispatch
Install python-singledispatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-singledispatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-singledispatch
Install python-singledispatch 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-singledispatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-singledispatch
How To Uninstall python-singledispatch on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-singledispatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-singledispatch
Uninstall python-singledispatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-singledispatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-singledispatch
Remove python-singledispatch Configurations and Data
To remove python-singledispatch configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-singledispatch
Remove python-singledispatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-singledispatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-singledispatch
Dependencies
python-singledispatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-singledispatch package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
