How To Install python3-dill on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dill
on Debian 9.
What is python3-dill
python3-dill is:
Dill extends Python 3’s ‘pickle’ module for serializing and de-serializing Python 3 objects to the majority of the built-in Python 3 types. Dill provides the user the same interface as the ‘pickle’ module, and also includes some additional features. In addition to pickling Python 3 objects, dill provides the ability to save the state of an interpreter session in a single command. Dill can be used to store Python 3 objects to a file, but the primary usage is to send Python 3 objects across the network as a byte stream.
There are three methods to install python3-dill
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-dill 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-dill
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dill
Install python3-dill Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dill
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dill
Install python3-dill 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-dill
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dill
How To Uninstall python3-dill on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-dill
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dill
Uninstall python3-dill And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dill
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dill
Remove python3-dill Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dill
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dill
Remove python3-dill configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dill
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dill
Dependencies
python3-dill have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dill
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.