How To Install isort on Debian 10

Learn how to install isort on Debian 10 with this tutorial. isort is utility for sorting Python imports

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isort on Debian 10.

What is isort

isort is:

isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically, and automatically separated into sections. It provides a command line utility, Python library and plugins for various editors to quickly sort all your imports.

This package contains the isort utility.

There are three methods to install isort on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install isort Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install isort

Install isort Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install isort using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install isort

Install isort 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 isort using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isort

How To Uninstall isort on Debian 10

To uninstall only the isort package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove isort

Uninstall isort And Its Dependencies

To uninstall isort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isort

Remove isort Configurations and Data

To remove isort configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge isort

Remove isort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isort

Dependencies

isort have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install isort package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.