How To Install python-whoosh on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-whoosh on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-whoosh is pure-Python full-text indexing, search, and spell checking library (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-whoosh

python-whoosh is:

Whoosh is a fast, pure-Python indexing and search library. Programmers can use it to easily add search functionality to their applications and websites. As Whoosh is pure Python, you don’t have to compile or install a binary support library and/or make Python work with a JVM, yet indexing and searching is still very fast. Whoosh is designed to be modular, so every part can be extended or replaced to meet your needs exactly.

This package contains the python2 library

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-whoosh

Install python-whoosh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-whoosh

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-whoosh

How To Uninstall python-whoosh on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-whoosh

Uninstall python-whoosh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-whoosh

Remove python-whoosh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-whoosh

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-whoosh have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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