How To Install python3-doc8 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-doc8 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-doc8 is Style checker for Sphinx (or other) RST documentation - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-doc8 on Debian 10.

What is python3-doc8

python3-doc8 is:

Doc8 is an opinionated style checker for rst (with basic support for plain text) styles of documentation.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-doc8 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 python3-doc8 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-doc8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-doc8

Install python3-doc8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-doc8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-doc8

Install python3-doc8 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 python3-doc8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-doc8

How To Uninstall python3-doc8 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-doc8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-doc8

Uninstall python3-doc8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-doc8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-doc8

Remove python3-doc8 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-doc8 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-doc8

Remove python3-doc8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-doc8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-doc8

Dependencies

python3-doc8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-doc8 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.