How To Install python3-dput on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dput on Debian 12.
What is python3-dput
python3-dput is:
dput-ng is a Debian package upload tool which provides an easy to use interface to Debian (like) package archive hosting facilities. It allows anyone who works with Debian packages to upload their work to a remote service, including Debian’s ftp-master, mentors.debian.net, Launchpad or other package hosting facilities for Debian package maintainers.
This package provides Python library functions providing core functionality to dput-ng and tools building on top of that. This library provides upload classes, profile parser, sanity checks and helper functions required to build a dput service.
The recommended package python3-paramiko is needed to upload via SSH.
There are three methods to install python3-dput 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-dput 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-dput using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dput
Install python3-dput Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dput using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dput
Install python3-dput 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-dput using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dput
How To Uninstall python3-dput on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-dput package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dput
Uninstall python3-dput And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dput
Remove python3-dput Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dput configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dput
Remove python3-dput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dput
Dependencies
python3-dput have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dput package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.