How To Install python3-extractor on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-extractor on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-extractor is extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (Python bindings)

Introduction

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

What is python3-extractor

python3-extractor is:

GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.

This package contains the Python bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-extractor

Install python3-extractor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-extractor

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-extractor

How To Uninstall python3-extractor on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-extractor

Uninstall python3-extractor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-extractor

Remove python3-extractor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-extractor

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-extractor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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