How To Install python-zipstream on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-zipstream on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-zipstream is Zipfile generator

Introduction

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

What is python-zipstream

python-zipstream is:

Zipstream.py is a zip archive generator based on python 3.3’s zipfile.py.

It was created to generate a zip file generator for streaming (ie web apps). This is beneficial for when you want to provide a downloadable archive of a large collection of regular files, which would be infeasible to generate the archive prior to downloading.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-zipstream

Install python-zipstream Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-zipstream

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-zipstream

How To Uninstall python-zipstream on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-zipstream

Uninstall python-zipstream And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zipstream

Remove python-zipstream Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-zipstream

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-zipstream have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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