How To Install python3-docopt on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-docopt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-docopt is command-line interface description language (Python3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-docopt

python3-docopt is:

docopt helps you define an interface for your command-line app and automatically generate a parser for it. Its interface descriptions are based on a formalization of the standard conventions used in help messages and man pages.

This is the Python 3 compatible version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-docopt

Install python3-docopt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-docopt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-docopt

How To Uninstall python3-docopt on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-docopt

Uninstall python3-docopt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-docopt

Remove python3-docopt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-docopt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-docopt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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