How To Install python3-singledispatch on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-singledispatch on Debian 9. python3-singledispatch is single-dispatch generic functions for Python

Introduction

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

What is python3-singledispatch

python3-singledispatch is:

PEP 443 proposed to expose a mechanism in the functools standard library module in Python 3.4 that provides a simple form of generic programming known as single-dispatch generic functions.

This library is a backport of this functionality to Python 2.6 - 3.3.

This is the Python 3 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-singledispatch

Install python3-singledispatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-singledispatch

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-singledispatch

How To Uninstall python3-singledispatch on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-singledispatch

Uninstall python3-singledispatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-singledispatch

Remove python3-singledispatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-singledispatch

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-singledispatch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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