How To Install python3-wcmatch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wcmatch on Debian 12.
What is python3-wcmatch
python3-wcmatch is:
Wildcard Match provides an enhanced fnmatch, glob, and pathlib library in order to provide file matching and globbing that more closely follows the features found in Bash. In some ways these libraries are similar to Python’s builtin libraries as they provide a similar interface to match, filter, and glob the file system. But they also include a number of features found in Bash’s globbing such as backslash escaping, brace expansion, extended glob pattern groups, etc. They also add a number of new useful functions as well, such as globmatch which functions like fnmatch, but for paths.
Wildcard Match also adds a file search utility called wcmatch that is built on top of fnmatch and globmatch. It was originally written for Rummage, but split out into this project to be used by other projects that may find its approach useful.
Bash is used as a guide when making decisions on behavior for fnmatch and glob. Behavior may differ from Bash version to Bash version, but an attempt is made to keep Wildcard Match up with the latest relevant changes.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-wcmatch on Debian 12. 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-wcmatch 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-wcmatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-wcmatch
Install python3-wcmatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-wcmatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-wcmatch
Install python3-wcmatch 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-wcmatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-wcmatch
How To Uninstall python3-wcmatch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-wcmatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-wcmatch
Uninstall python3-wcmatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-wcmatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-wcmatch
Remove python3-wcmatch Configurations and Data
To remove python3-wcmatch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-wcmatch
Remove python3-wcmatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-wcmatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-wcmatch
Dependencies
python3-wcmatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wcmatch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
