How To Install python3-plac on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plac on Debian 11. python3-plac is Smartest command line arguments parser in the world

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plac on Debian 11.

What is python3-plac

python3-plac is:

Technically plac is just a simple wrapper over argparse which hides most of its complexity by using a declarative interface: the argument parser is inferred rather than written down by imperatively.

plac is targetting especially unsophisticated users, programmers, sys-admins, scientists and in general people writing throw-away scripts for themselves, choosing the command-line isurprisingly scalable upwards, even without using the underlying argparse.

There are three methods to install python3-plac on Debian 11. 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-plac 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-plac using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-plac

Install python3-plac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-plac

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-plac

How To Uninstall python3-plac on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-plac

Uninstall python3-plac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-plac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-plac

Remove python3-plac Configurations and Data

To remove python3-plac configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-plac

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-plac have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plac package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.