How To Install python3-brotli on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-brotli on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-brotli is lossless compression algorithm and format (Python 3 version)

Introduction

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

What is `python3-brotli`

python3-brotli is:

Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods. It is similar in speed with deflate but offers more dense compression.

This package installs a Python 3 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-brotli

Install python3-brotli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-brotli

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-brotli

How To Uninstall python3-brotli on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-brotli

Uninstall python3-brotli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-brotli

Remove python3-brotli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-brotli

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-brotli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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