How To Install python3-distributed on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-distributed on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-distributed is Dask Distributed computing for Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distributed on Debian 12.

What is python3-distributed

python3-distributed is:

Dask.distributed is a lightweight library for distributed computing in Python. It extends both the concurrent.futures and dask APIs to moderate sized clusters.

This contains the Python 3 version

There are three methods to install python3-distributed on Debian 12. 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-distributed 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-distributed using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-distributed

Install python3-distributed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-distributed

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-distributed

How To Uninstall python3-distributed on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-distributed

Uninstall python3-distributed And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-distributed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-distributed

Remove python3-distributed Configurations and Data

To remove python3-distributed configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-distributed

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-distributed have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distributed package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.