How To Install python3-banal on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-banal on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-banal is Commons of banal micro-functions for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-banal on Debian 12.

What is python3-banal

python3-banal is:

Commons of Python micro-functions. This basically an out-sourced, shared utils module with a focus on functions that buffer type uncertainties in Python (e.g. “is this a list?”).

Functions:

  • is_listish: check if something is list-ish
  • is_mapping: check if an object is dict-ish
  • ensure_list: make sure an argument is a list, or make it into a single-element list
  • clean_dict: remove null values from a dict, recursively
  • decode_path: decode a path name to be unicode
  • hash_data: generate a SHA1 from a dict of reasonable objects

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-banal

Install python3-banal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-banal

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-banal

How To Uninstall python3-banal on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-banal

Uninstall python3-banal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-banal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-banal

Remove python3-banal Configurations and Data

To remove python3-banal configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-banal

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-banal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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