How To Install python3-mechanize on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mechanize
on Debian 12.
What is python3-mechanize
python3-mechanize is:
A library for browsing the web in Python. Mechanize acts like a browser allowing you to do web scraping, functional testing of web sites and things no one has thought of yet.
Among other things, mechanize:
- Follows links
- Fills in HTML forms
- Automatically observes robots.txt
- Has a browser history
It was modelled after the Perl module WWW::Mechanize.
There are three methods to install python3-mechanize
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-mechanize 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-mechanize
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-mechanize
Install python3-mechanize Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-mechanize
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-mechanize
Install python3-mechanize 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-mechanize
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-mechanize
How To Uninstall python3-mechanize on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-mechanize
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-mechanize
Uninstall python3-mechanize And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-mechanize
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mechanize
Remove python3-mechanize Configurations and Data
To remove python3-mechanize
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mechanize
Remove python3-mechanize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-mechanize
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mechanize
Dependencies
python3-mechanize have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mechanize
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.