How To Install python3-lz4 on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-lz4 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-lz4 is Python interface to the lz4 compression library (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lz4 on Debian 12.

What is python3-lz4

python3-lz4 is:

This package provides bindings for the liblz4 compression library.

LZ4 is a very fast lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

This package is for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-lz4 on Debian 12. 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-lz4 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-lz4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-lz4

Install python3-lz4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-lz4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-lz4

Install python3-lz4 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-lz4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-lz4

How To Uninstall python3-lz4 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-lz4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-lz4

Uninstall python3-lz4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-lz4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lz4

Remove python3-lz4 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-lz4 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lz4

Remove python3-lz4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-lz4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lz4

Dependencies

python3-lz4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lz4 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.