How To Install modernize on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install modernize on Debian 11. modernize is Modernizes Python code for eventual Python 3 migration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install modernize on Debian 11.

What is modernize

modernize is:

This library is a very thin wrapper around lib2to3 to utilize it to make Python 2 code more modern with the intention of eventually porting it over to Python 3.

This package installs the python-modernize command line tool. It works like 2to3. It does not guarantee, but it attempts to spit out a codebase compatible with Python 2.6+ or Python 3. The code that it generates has a runtime dependency on six, unless the –no-six option is used. Version 1.9.0 or later of six is recommended. Some of the fixers output code that is not compatible with Python 2.5 or lower.

There are three methods to install modernize on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install modernize Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install modernize

Install modernize Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install modernize

Install modernize 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 modernize using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install modernize

How To Uninstall modernize on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove modernize

Uninstall modernize And Its Dependencies

To uninstall modernize and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove modernize

Remove modernize Configurations and Data

To remove modernize configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge modernize

Remove modernize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge modernize

Dependencies

modernize have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install modernize package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.