How To Install python-xmltodict on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-xmltodict on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-xmltodict is Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-xmltodict

python-xmltodict is:

xmltodict is a Python module that makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON. xmltodict is very fast (Expat-based) and has a streaming mode with a small memory footprint, suitable for big XML dumps.

This package provides the Python 2 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-xmltodict

Install python-xmltodict Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-xmltodict

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-xmltodict

How To Uninstall python-xmltodict on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-xmltodict

Uninstall python-xmltodict And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xmltodict

Remove python-xmltodict Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-xmltodict

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-xmltodict have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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