How To Install python3-setuptools-scm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setuptools-scm on Debian 9. python3-setuptools-scm is blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags for Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setuptools-scm on Debian 9.

What is python3-setuptools-scm

python3-setuptools-scm is:

setuptools_scm handles managing your Python package versions in scm metadata. It also handles file finders for the suppertes scm’s.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-setuptools-scm

Install python3-setuptools-scm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-setuptools-scm

Install python3-setuptools-scm 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-setuptools-scm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-setuptools-scm

How To Uninstall python3-setuptools-scm on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-setuptools-scm

Uninstall python3-setuptools-scm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-setuptools-scm

Remove python3-setuptools-scm Configurations and Data

To remove python3-setuptools-scm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-setuptools-scm

Remove python3-setuptools-scm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-setuptools-scm

Dependencies

python3-setuptools-scm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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