How To Install python-setuptools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools
on Debian 11.
What is python-setuptools
python-setuptools is:
Extensions to the python-distutils for large or complex distributions.
There are three methods to install python-setuptools
on Debian 11. 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-setuptools 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-setuptools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-setuptools
Install python-setuptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-setuptools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-setuptools
Install python-setuptools 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-setuptools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-setuptools
How To Uninstall python-setuptools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python-setuptools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-setuptools
Uninstall python-setuptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-setuptools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-setuptools
Remove python-setuptools Configurations and Data
To remove python-setuptools
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-setuptools
Remove python-setuptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-setuptools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-setuptools
Dependencies
python-setuptools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.