How To Install python-bson on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-bson on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-bson is Python implementation of BSON for MongoDB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bson on Debian 10.

What is python-bson

python-bson is:

BSON Python module contains all of the Binary JSON encoding and decoding logic for MongoDB.

There are three methods to install python-bson 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-bson 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-bson using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-bson

Install python-bson Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-bson

Install python-bson 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-bson using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-bson

How To Uninstall python-bson on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-bson package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-bson

Uninstall python-bson And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bson

Remove python-bson Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-bson

Remove python-bson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bson

Dependencies

python-bson have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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