How To Install python3-dmidecode on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dmidecode on Debian 11.
What is python3-dmidecode
python3-dmidecode is:
DMI (the desktop management interface) provides a standardized description of a computer’s hardware, including characteristics such as BIOS serial number and hardware connectors.
This package provides an interface to the DMI data available from the BIOS. It is intended to be used as a back-end tool by other hardware detection programs implemented in Python.
There are three methods to install python3-dmidecode 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-dmidecode 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-dmidecode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dmidecode
Install python3-dmidecode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dmidecode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dmidecode
Install python3-dmidecode 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-dmidecode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dmidecode
How To Uninstall python3-dmidecode on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-dmidecode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dmidecode
Uninstall python3-dmidecode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dmidecode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dmidecode
Remove python3-dmidecode Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dmidecode configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dmidecode
Remove python3-dmidecode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dmidecode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dmidecode
Dependencies
python3-dmidecode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dmidecode package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.