How To Install python-apipkg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apipkg on Debian 10.
What is python-apipkg
python-apipkg is:
With apipkg you can control the exported namespace of a Python package and greatly reduce the number of imports for your users. It is a small pure Python module that works on virtually all Python versions, including CPython2.3 to Python3.1, Jython and PyPy. It co-operates well with Python’s help() system, custom importers (PEP302) and common command line completion tools.
This package contains apipkg for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-apipkg 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 python-apipkg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apipkg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-apipkg
Install python-apipkg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apipkg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-apipkg
Install python-apipkg 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 python-apipkg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-apipkg
How To Uninstall python-apipkg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-apipkg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-apipkg
Uninstall python-apipkg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-apipkg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-apipkg
Remove python-apipkg Configurations and Data
To remove python-apipkg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-apipkg
Remove python-apipkg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-apipkg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-apipkg
Dependencies
python-apipkg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apipkg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.