How To Install python3-dacite on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dacite on Debian 12.
What is python3-dacite
python3-dacite is:
Passing plain dictionaries as a data container between your functions or methods isn’t a good practice. Of course you can always create your custom class instead, but this solution is an overkill if you only want to merge a few fields within a single object.
Fortunately Python has a good solution to this problem - data classes.
Thanks to @dataclass decorator you can easily create a new custom
type with a list of given fields in a declarative manner. Data classes
support type hints by design.
However, even if you are using data classes, you have to create their
instances somehow. In many such cases, your input is a dictionary - it
can be a payload from a HTTP request or a raw data from a database. If
you want to convert those dictionaries into data classes, dacite is
your best friend.
This library was originally created to simplify creation of type hinted data transfer objects (DTO) which can cross the boundaries in the application architecture.
It’s important to mention that dacite is not a data validation library.
There are dozens of awesome data validation projects and it doesn’t make
sense to duplicate this functionality within dacite. If you want to
validate your data first, you should combine dacite with one of data
validation library.
There are three methods to install python3-dacite 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-dacite 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-dacite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dacite
Install python3-dacite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dacite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dacite
Install python3-dacite 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-dacite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dacite
How To Uninstall python3-dacite on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-dacite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dacite
Uninstall python3-dacite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dacite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dacite
Remove python3-dacite Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dacite configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dacite
Remove python3-dacite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dacite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dacite
Dependencies
python3-dacite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dacite package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
