How To Install python3-vcversioner on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcversioner on Debian 9. python3-vcversioner is Use version control tags to discover version numbers (Python3 version)

Introduction

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

What is python3-vcversioner

python3-vcversioner is:

vcversioner autodiscovers a Python project’s version number using version control system tags. This allows developers to avoid duplicating version information between their VCS and their setup.py metadata.

When the package is built, vcversioner generates a version.txt file that can be used for release tarballs.

Currently, vcversioner supports the git and mercurial (hg) VCS.

This package contains vcversioner for Python 3.x

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-vcversioner

Install python3-vcversioner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-vcversioner

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-vcversioner

How To Uninstall python3-vcversioner on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-vcversioner

Uninstall python3-vcversioner And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-vcversioner

Remove python3-vcversioner Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-vcversioner

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-vcversioner have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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