How To Install python3-debian on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-debian on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-debian
python3-debian is:
This package provides Python 3 modules that abstract many formats of Debian related files. Currently handled are:
- Debtags information (debian.debtags module)
- debian/changelog (debian.changelog module)
- Packages files, pdiffs (debian.debian_support module)
- Control files of single or multiple RFC822-style paragraphs, e.g. debian/control, .changes, .dsc, Packages, Sources, Release, etc. (debian.deb822 module)
- Raw .deb and .ar files, with (read-only) access to contained files and meta-information Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install python3-debian on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-debian Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-debian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-debian
Install python3-debian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-debian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-debian
Install python3-debian 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-debian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-debian
How To Uninstall python3-debian on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-debian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-debian
Uninstall python3-debian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-debian
Remove python3-debian Configurations and Data
To remove python3-debian configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-debian
Remove python3-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-debian
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-debian package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
