How To Install python3-distlib on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-distlib on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-distlib is low-level components of python distutils2/packaging

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distlib on Debian 10.

What is python3-distlib

python3-distlib is:

Distlib is a library which implements low-level functions that relate to packaging and distribution of Python software. It is intended to be used as the basis for third-party packaging tools.

There are three methods to install python3-distlib 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-distlib 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-distlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-distlib

Install python3-distlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-distlib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-distlib

How To Uninstall python3-distlib on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-distlib

Uninstall python3-distlib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-distlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-distlib

Remove python3-distlib Configurations and Data

To remove python3-distlib configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-distlib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-distlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distlib package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.