How To Install python3-editor on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-editor on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-editor is programmatically open an editor, capture the result - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-editor

python3-editor is:

python-editor is a library that provides the editor module for programmatically interfacing with your system’s $EDITOR. The user can then enter a commit message for example.

Editor first looks for the $EDITOR environment variable. If set, it uses the value as-is, without fallbacks. If no $EDITOR is set, editor will search through a list of known editors, and use the first one that exists on the system. For example, on Linux, editor will look for the following editors in order:

  • vim
  • emacs
  • nano

When calling the edit() function, editor will open the editor in a subprocess, inheriting the parent process’s stdin, stdout

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-editor

Install python3-editor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-editor

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-editor

How To Uninstall python3-editor on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-editor

Uninstall python3-editor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-editor

Remove python3-editor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-editor

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-editor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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