How To Install python3-argcomplete on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-argcomplete on Debian 11. python3-argcomplete is bash tab completion for argparse (for Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-argcomplete on Debian 11.

What is python3-argcomplete

python3-argcomplete is:

Argcomplete provides easy, extensible command line tab completion of arguments for your Python script.

It makes two assumptions:

  • You’re using bash as your shell
  • You’re using argparse to manage your command line arguments/options

Argcomplete is particularly useful if your program has lots of options or subparsers, and if your program can dynamically suggest completions for your argument/option values (for example, if the user is browsing resources over the network).

This package provides the module for Python 3.x.

There are three methods to install python3-argcomplete on Debian 11. 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-argcomplete 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-argcomplete using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-argcomplete

Install python3-argcomplete Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-argcomplete

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-argcomplete

How To Uninstall python3-argcomplete on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-argcomplete

Uninstall python3-argcomplete And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-argcomplete and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-argcomplete

Remove python3-argcomplete Configurations and Data

To remove python3-argcomplete configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-argcomplete

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-argcomplete have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-argcomplete package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.