How To Install python3-apsw on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-apsw on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-apsw is another Python SQLite 3 wrapper (Python 3 version)

Introduction

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

What is python3-apsw

python3-apsw is:

APSW (Another Python SQLite Wrapper) is an SQLite 3 wrapper that provides the thinnest layer over SQLite 3 possible. Everything you can do from the C API to SQLite 3, you can do from Python. Although APSW’s API looks vaguely similar to Python’s DB-API, it is not compliant with that API and instead works the way SQLite 3 does.

This package contains the extension built for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-apsw 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-apsw 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-apsw using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-apsw

Install python3-apsw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-apsw

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-apsw

How To Uninstall python3-apsw on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-apsw

Uninstall python3-apsw And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-apsw

Remove python3-apsw Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-apsw

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-apsw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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