How To Install python3-mysql.connector on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mysql.connector on Debian 9. python3-mysql.connector is pure Python implementation of MySQL Client/Server protocol (Python3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mysql.connector on Debian 9.

What is python3-mysql.connector

python3-mysql.connector is:

MySQL driver written in Python which does not depend on MySQL C client libraries and implements the DB API v2.0 specification (PEP-249).

MySQL Connector/Python is implementing the MySQL Client/Server protocol completely in Python. This means you don’t have to compile anything or MySQL (client library) doesn’t even have to be installed on the machine.

This package contains the Python 3 version of mysql.connector.

There are three methods to install python3-mysql.connector on Debian 9. 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-mysql.connector 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-mysql.connector using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mysql.connector

Install python3-mysql.connector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-mysql.connector

Install python3-mysql.connector 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-mysql.connector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mysql.connector

How To Uninstall python3-mysql.connector on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python3-mysql.connector package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-mysql.connector

Uninstall python3-mysql.connector And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mysql.connector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mysql.connector

Remove python3-mysql.connector Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mysql.connector configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mysql.connector

Remove python3-mysql.connector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mysql.connector

Dependencies

python3-mysql.connector have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mysql.connector package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.