How To Install python3-distance on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distance
on Debian 11.
What is python3-distance
python3-distance is:
This package provides helpers for computing similarities between arbitrary sequences. Included metrics are Levenshtein, Hamming, Jaccard, and Sorensen distance, plus some bonuses. The distance computations are implemented in pure Python.
There are three methods to install python3-distance
on Debian 11. 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-distance 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-distance
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-distance
Install python3-distance Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-distance
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-distance
Install python3-distance 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-distance
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-distance
How To Uninstall python3-distance on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-distance
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-distance
Uninstall python3-distance And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-distance
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-distance
Remove python3-distance Configurations and Data
To remove python3-distance
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-distance
Remove python3-distance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-distance
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-distance
Dependencies
python3-distance have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distance
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.