How To Install pypy-fastimport on Debian 10

Learn how to install pypy-fastimport on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pypy-fastimport is Fastimport file format parser and generator library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-fastimport on Debian 10.

What is pypy-fastimport

pypy-fastimport is:

Python library for parsing and generating the fastimport file format. The fastimport format is used for serializing version control histories.

This package contains the module built for pypy.

There are three methods to install pypy-fastimport 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 pypy-fastimport Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pypy-fastimport

Install pypy-fastimport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pypy-fastimport

Install pypy-fastimport 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 pypy-fastimport using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pypy-fastimport

How To Uninstall pypy-fastimport on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pypy-fastimport package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pypy-fastimport

Uninstall pypy-fastimport And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pypy-fastimport

Remove pypy-fastimport Configurations and Data

To remove pypy-fastimport configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pypy-fastimport

Remove pypy-fastimport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pypy-fastimport

Dependencies

pypy-fastimport have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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