How To Install python-txzmq on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-txzmq on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-txzmq is ZeroMQ binding for the Twisted framework (Python2 version)

Introduction

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

What is python-txzmq

python-txzmq is:

txZMQ allows one to integrate easily 0MQ sockets into Twisted event loop (reactor).

0MQ is a high performance asynchronous brokerless messaging library.

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-txzmq

Install python-txzmq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-txzmq

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-txzmq

How To Uninstall python-txzmq on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-txzmq

Uninstall python-txzmq And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-txzmq

Remove python-txzmq Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-txzmq

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-txzmq have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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