How To Install python3-dicttoxml on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dicttoxml on Debian 10.
What is python3-dicttoxml
python3-dicttoxml is:
dicttoxml is a Python module for a Python dictionary or other native data type into a valid XML string.
Supports item (int, float, long, decimal.Decimal, bool, str, unicode, datetime, none and other number-like objects) and collection (list, set, tuple and dict, as well as iterable and dict-like objects) data types, with arbitrary nesting for the collections. Items with a datetime type are converted to ISO format strings. Items with a none type become empty XML elements.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-dicttoxml on Debian 10. 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-dicttoxml 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-dicttoxml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dicttoxml
Install python3-dicttoxml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dicttoxml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dicttoxml
Install python3-dicttoxml 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-dicttoxml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dicttoxml
How To Uninstall python3-dicttoxml on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-dicttoxml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dicttoxml
Uninstall python3-dicttoxml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dicttoxml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dicttoxml
Remove python3-dicttoxml Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dicttoxml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dicttoxml
Remove python3-dicttoxml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dicttoxml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dicttoxml
Dependencies
python3-dicttoxml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dicttoxml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.