How To Install python3-cliff on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-cliff on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-cliff is command line interface formulation framework - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is `python3-cliff`

python3-cliff is:

Cliff is a framework for building command line programs. It uses plugins to define sub-commands, output formatters, and other extensions.

The cliff framework is meant to be used to create multi-level commands such as Subversion and git, where the main program handles some basic argument parsing and then invokes a sub-command to do the work.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cliff

Install python3-cliff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-cliff

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cliff

How To Uninstall python3-cliff on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-cliff

Uninstall python3-cliff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cliff

Remove python3-cliff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cliff

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-cliff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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