How To Install csvkit on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install csvkit on Debian 12.
What is csvkit
csvkit is:
csvkit is a suite of command-line tools for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.
It is inspired by pdftk, gdal and the original csvcut tool by Joe Germuska and Aaron Bycoffe.
If you need to do more complex data analysis than csvkit can handle, use agate.
This package provides the command-line tools.
There are three methods to install csvkit 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 csvkit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install csvkit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install csvkit
Install csvkit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install csvkit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install csvkit
Install csvkit 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 csvkit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install csvkit
How To Uninstall csvkit on Debian 12
To uninstall only the csvkit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove csvkit
Uninstall csvkit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall csvkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove csvkit
Remove csvkit Configurations and Data
To remove csvkit configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge csvkit
Remove csvkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove csvkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csvkit
Dependencies
csvkit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install csvkit package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.