How To Install python3-appdirs on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-appdirs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-appdirs is determining appropriate platform-specific directories (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-appdirs on Debian 10.

What is python3-appdirs

python3-appdirs is:

Depending on your system (Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows), you have to use different directories for storing user data. appdirs will help you choose an appropriate:

  • user data directory (user_data_dir function)
  • user config directory (user_config_dir function)
  • user cache directory (user_cache_dir function)
  • site data directory (site_data_dir function)
  • site config directory (site_config_dir function)
  • user log directory (user_log_dir function)

On Linux systems, these function return directories based on the XDG Base Directory Specification.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python3-appdirs 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 python3-appdirs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-appdirs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-appdirs

Install python3-appdirs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-appdirs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-appdirs

Install python3-appdirs 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 python3-appdirs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-appdirs

How To Uninstall python3-appdirs on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-appdirs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-appdirs

Uninstall python3-appdirs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-appdirs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-appdirs

Remove python3-appdirs Configurations and Data

To remove python3-appdirs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-appdirs

Remove python3-appdirs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-appdirs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-appdirs

Dependencies

python3-appdirs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-appdirs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.