How To Install python-six on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-six
on Debian 9.
What is python-six
python-six is:
Six is a Python 2 and 3 compatibility library. It provides utility functions for smoothing over the differences between the Python versions with the goal of writing Python code that is compatible on both Python versions.
This package provides Six on the Python 2 module path. It is complemented by python3-six and pypy-six.
There are three methods to install python-six
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-six 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-six
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-six
Install python-six Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-six
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-six
Install python-six 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-six
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-six
How To Uninstall python-six on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-six
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-six
Uninstall python-six And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-six
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-six
Remove python-six Configurations and Data
To remove python-six
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-six
Remove python-six configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-six
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-six
Dependencies
python-six have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-six
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.