How To Install python3-pydocstyle on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydocstyle on Debian 11. python3-pydocstyle is Python docstring style checker (Python 3 library)

Introduction

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

What is python3-pydocstyle

python3-pydocstyle is:

PEP-257 provides conventions for Python docstrings (string literals which occur as first statement in a module, function, class or method definition for documentation purposes). This tool checks Python code whether these conventions have been complied with, and if docstring are missing.

This is a successor of the application “pep257”.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pydocstyle

Install python3-pydocstyle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pydocstyle

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pydocstyle

How To Uninstall python3-pydocstyle on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pydocstyle

Uninstall python3-pydocstyle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pydocstyle

Remove python3-pydocstyle Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pydocstyle

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pydocstyle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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