How To Install python-zmq on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-zmq on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-zmq is Python bindings for 0MQ library

Introduction

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

What is python-zmq

python-zmq is:

Python bindings for 0MQ. 0MQ is a small, fast, and free software library that gives you message-passing concurrency for applications in most common languages.

The 0MQ lightweight messaging kernel is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by specialised messaging middleware products. 0MQ sockets provide an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport protocols and more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-zmq

Install python-zmq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-zmq

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-zmq

How To Uninstall python-zmq on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-zmq

Uninstall python-zmq And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zmq

Remove python-zmq Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-zmq

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-zmq have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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