How To Install python3-epc on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-epc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-epc is RPC stack for Emacs Lisp (Python3 version)

Introduction

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

What is python3-epc

python3-epc is:

EPC is an RPC stack for Emacs Lisp and Python-EPC is its server side and client side implementation in Python. Using Python-EPC, you can easily call Emacs Lisp functions from Python and Python functions from Emacs.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-epc

Install python3-epc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-epc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-epc

How To Uninstall python3-epc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-epc

Uninstall python3-epc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-epc

Remove python3-epc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-epc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-epc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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