How To Install python3-arrow on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-arrow on Debian 9.
What is python3-arrow
python3-arrow is:
A Python3 library that offers a sensible, human-friendly approach to creating, manipulating, formatting and converting dates, times, and timestamps. It implements and updates the datetime type, plugging gaps in functionality, and provides a module API that supports many common creation scenarios. Arrow replaces a number of modules: datetime, time, calendar, dateutil, pytz.
There are three methods to install python3-arrow on Debian 9. 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-arrow 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-arrow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-arrow
Install python3-arrow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-arrow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-arrow
Install python3-arrow 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-arrow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-arrow
How To Uninstall python3-arrow on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-arrow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-arrow
Uninstall python3-arrow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-arrow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-arrow
Remove python3-arrow Configurations and Data
To remove python3-arrow configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-arrow
Remove python3-arrow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-arrow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-arrow
Dependencies
python3-arrow have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-arrow package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.