How To Install python3-beancount on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-beancount on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-beancount is Double-entry accounting from text files - Python module

Introduction

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

What is python3-beancount

python3-beancount is:

A double-entry bookkeeping computer language that lets you define financial transaction records in a text file, read them in memory, generate a variety of reports from them, and provides a web interface.

The following features require the following extra dependencies to be installed:

  • Beancount Web [python3-bottle]
  • OFX import [python3-bs4]
  • Google Sheets upload [python3-googleapi]
  • External price imports [python3-requests]

This package provides the underlying Python modules for beancount, allowing you to write your own scripts to manipulate your ledger files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-beancount

Install python3-beancount Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-beancount

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-beancount

How To Uninstall python3-beancount on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-beancount

Uninstall python3-beancount And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-beancount

Remove python3-beancount Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-beancount

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-beancount have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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