How To Install python-svipc on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-svipc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-svipc is interprocess communication (shared memory…) for Python

Introduction

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

What is python-svipc

python-svipc is:

This package allows one to access the System V Interprocess communication mechanisms from within Python:

  • message queues;
  • semaphore sets;
  • shared memory segments.

This plug-in serves primarily two use cases:

  • parallel (multiprocess) computing;
  • mixed applications (e.g. python/yorick).

A sibling package is available for Yorick: yorick-svipc

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-svipc

Install python-svipc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-svipc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-svipc

How To Uninstall python-svipc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-svipc

Uninstall python-svipc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-svipc

Remove python-svipc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-svipc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-svipc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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