How To Install python3-dateutil on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dateutil on Debian 9. python3-dateutil is powerful extensions to the standard datetime module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dateutil on Debian 9.

What is python3-dateutil

python3-dateutil is:

It features:

  • computing of relative deltas (next month, next year, next monday, last week of month, etc);
  • computing of relative deltas between two given date and/or datetime objects
  • computing of dates based on very flexible recurrence rules, using a superset of the iCalendar specification. Parsing of RFC strings is supported as well.
  • generic parsing of dates in almost any string format
  • timezone (tzinfo) implementations for tzfile(5) format files (/etc/localtime, /usr/share/zoneinfo, etc), TZ environment string (in all known formats), iCalendar format files, given ranges (with help from relative deltas), local machine timezone, fixed offset timezone, UTC timezone
  • computing of Easter Sunday dates for any given year, using Western, Orthodox or Julian algorithms

There are three methods to install python3-dateutil on Debian 9. 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-dateutil 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-dateutil using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dateutil

Install python3-dateutil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-dateutil

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-dateutil

How To Uninstall python3-dateutil on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-dateutil

Uninstall python3-dateutil And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-dateutil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dateutil

Remove python3-dateutil Configurations and Data

To remove python3-dateutil configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dateutil

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-dateutil have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dateutil package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.