How To Install python-vcversioner on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vcversioner on Debian 9.
What is python-vcversioner
python-vcversioner is:
vcversioner autodiscovers a Python project’s version number using version control system tags. This allows developers to avoid duplicating version information between their VCS and their setup.py metadata.
When the package is built, vcversioner generates a version.txt file that can be used for release tarballs.
Currently, vcversioner supports the git and mercurial (hg) VCS.
This module contains vcversioner for Python 2.x
There are three methods to install python-vcversioner 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-vcversioner 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-vcversioner using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-vcversioner
Install python-vcversioner Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-vcversioner using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-vcversioner
Install python-vcversioner 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-vcversioner using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-vcversioner
How To Uninstall python-vcversioner on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-vcversioner package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-vcversioner
Uninstall python-vcversioner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-vcversioner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vcversioner
Remove python-vcversioner Configurations and Data
To remove python-vcversioner configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-vcversioner
Remove python-vcversioner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-vcversioner configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vcversioner
Dependencies
python-vcversioner have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vcversioner package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.