How To Install python-traceback2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-traceback2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-traceback2 is backports of the traceback module - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-traceback2 on Debian 10.

What is python-traceback2

python-traceback2 is:

This package offers a backport of the traceback package to older supported Pythons. Users would typically do: “import traceback2 as traceback” then use the module as if it was the system traceback.

In Python 2.x, unlike traceback, traceback2 creates unicode output (because it depends on the linecache2 module).

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-traceback2 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-traceback2 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-traceback2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-traceback2

Install python-traceback2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-traceback2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-traceback2

Install python-traceback2 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-traceback2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-traceback2

How To Uninstall python-traceback2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-traceback2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-traceback2

Uninstall python-traceback2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-traceback2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-traceback2

Remove python-traceback2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-traceback2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-traceback2

Remove python-traceback2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-traceback2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-traceback2

Dependencies

python-traceback2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-traceback2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.