How To Install python3-cbor on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-cbor on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-cbor is Python3 Implementation of RFC 7049. Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)

Introduction

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

What is python3-cbor

python3-cbor is:

CBOR is comparable to JSON, has a superset of JSON??s ability, but serializes to a binary format which is smaller and faster to generate and parse.

The two primary functions are cbor.loads() and cbor.dumps(). This library includes a C implementation which runs 3-5 times faster than the Python standard library??s C-accelerated implementanion of JSON. This is also includes a 100% Python implementation

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cbor

Install python3-cbor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-cbor

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cbor

How To Uninstall python3-cbor on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-cbor

Uninstall python3-cbor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cbor

Remove python3-cbor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cbor

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-cbor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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