How To Install python-backports-abc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports-abc on Debian 10.
What is python-backports-abc
python-backports-abc is:
This is a backport to Python 2 of recent additions to the “collections.abc” in Python 3.5.
This package is (obviously) for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-backports-abc 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-backports-abc 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-backports-abc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-backports-abc
Install python-backports-abc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-backports-abc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-backports-abc
Install python-backports-abc 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-backports-abc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-backports-abc
How To Uninstall python-backports-abc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-backports-abc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-backports-abc
Uninstall python-backports-abc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-backports-abc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-backports-abc
Remove python-backports-abc Configurations and Data
To remove python-backports-abc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-backports-abc
Remove python-backports-abc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-backports-abc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-backports-abc
Dependencies
python-backports-abc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports-abc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
