How To Install python3-apsw on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apsw on Debian 12.
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 12. 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 12
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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.