How To Install python-pyicu on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyicu on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyicu is Python extension wrapping the ICU C++ API

Introduction

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

What is python-pyicu

python-pyicu is:

ICU is a C++ and C library that provides robust and full-featured Unicode and locale support. This package provides an extension for Python which wraps the ICU C++ API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyicu

Install python-pyicu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyicu

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyicu

How To Uninstall python-pyicu on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyicu

Uninstall python-pyicu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyicu

Remove python-pyicu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyicu

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyicu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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