How To Install python-repoze.lru on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-repoze.lru on Debian 9. python-repoze.lru is tiny LRU cache implementation and decorator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-repoze.lru on Debian 9.

What is python-repoze.lru

python-repoze.lru is:

repoze.lru is a LRU (least recently used) cache implementation. Keys and values that are not used frequently will be evicted from the cache faster than keys and values that are used frequently.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-repoze.lru on Debian 9. 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-repoze.lru 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-repoze.lru using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-repoze.lru

Install python-repoze.lru Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-repoze.lru

Install python-repoze.lru 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-repoze.lru using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-repoze.lru

How To Uninstall python-repoze.lru on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-repoze.lru package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-repoze.lru

Uninstall python-repoze.lru And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-repoze.lru and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-repoze.lru

Remove python-repoze.lru Configurations and Data

To remove python-repoze.lru configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-repoze.lru

Remove python-repoze.lru configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-repoze.lru

Dependencies

python-repoze.lru have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-repoze.lru package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.