How To Install python-voluptuous on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-voluptuous on Debian 9. python-voluptuous is Python library to validate data

Introduction

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

What is python-voluptuous

python-voluptuous is:

Voluptuous is primarily intended to validate data coming in to Python as JSON, YAML, etc. The aim is to offer a light-weight style with three main goals:

  1. simplicity
  2. support for complex data structures
  3. provide useful error messages

It has been inspired by Validino and to a lesser extent by jsonvalidator and json_schema.

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-voluptuous

Install python-voluptuous Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-voluptuous

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-voluptuous

How To Uninstall python-voluptuous on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-voluptuous

Uninstall python-voluptuous And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-voluptuous

Remove python-voluptuous Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-voluptuous

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-voluptuous have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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