How To Install python-configparser on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-configparser on Debian 10.
What is python-configparser
python-configparser is:
The ancient ConfigParser module available in the standard library 2.x has seen a major update in Python 3.2. This is a backport of those changes so that they can be used directly in Python 2.7.
There are three methods to install python-configparser 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-configparser 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-configparser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-configparser
Install python-configparser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-configparser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-configparser
Install python-configparser 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-configparser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-configparser
How To Uninstall python-configparser on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-configparser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-configparser
Uninstall python-configparser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-configparser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-configparser
Remove python-configparser Configurations and Data
To remove python-configparser configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-configparser
Remove python-configparser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-configparser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-configparser
Dependencies
python-configparser have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-configparser package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
