How To Install python-backports.functools-lru-cache on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-backports.functools-lru-cache on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-backports.functools-lru-cache is backport of functools.lru_cache from Python 3.3 to Python 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports.functools-lru-cache on Debian 10.

What is `python-backports.functools-lru-cache`

python-backports.functools-lru-cache is:

Backport of functools.lru_cache from Python 3.3 as published at ActiveState: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578078/

This package provides functools.lru_cache to Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-backports.functools-lru-cache 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.functools-lru-cache 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.functools-lru-cache using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-backports.functools-lru-cache

Install python-backports.functools-lru-cache Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-backports.functools-lru-cache using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-backports.functools-lru-cache

Install python-backports.functools-lru-cache 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.functools-lru-cache using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-backports.functools-lru-cache

How To Uninstall python-backports.functools-lru-cache on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-backports.functools-lru-cache package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-backports.functools-lru-cache

Uninstall python-backports.functools-lru-cache And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-backports.functools-lru-cache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-backports.functools-lru-cache

Remove python-backports.functools-lru-cache Configurations and Data

To remove python-backports.functools-lru-cache configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-backports.functools-lru-cache

Remove python-backports.functools-lru-cache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-backports.functools-lru-cache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-backports.functools-lru-cache

Dependencies

python-backports.functools-lru-cache have the following dependencies:

python

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports.functools-lru-cache package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.