How To Install python-concurrent.futures on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-concurrent.futures on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-concurrent.futures is backport of concurrent.futures package from Python 3.2

Introduction

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

What is python-concurrent.futures

python-concurrent.futures is:

The concurrent.futures module provides a high-level interface for asynchronously executing callables.

This is a backport for concurrent.futures as of PEP-3148 and included in Python 3.2

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-concurrent.futures

Install python-concurrent.futures Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-concurrent.futures

Install python-concurrent.futures 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-concurrent.futures using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-concurrent.futures

How To Uninstall python-concurrent.futures on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-concurrent.futures package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-concurrent.futures

Uninstall python-concurrent.futures And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-concurrent.futures

Remove python-concurrent.futures Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-concurrent.futures

Remove python-concurrent.futures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-concurrent.futures

Dependencies

python-concurrent.futures have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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