How To Install python3-flake8-blind-except on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8-blind-except on Debian 12.
What is python3-flake8-blind-except
python3-flake8-blind-except is:
A flake8 extension that checks for blind, catch-all except: and except Exception: statements.
As of pycodestyle 2.1.0, “E722 do not use bare except, specify exception instead” is built-in. However, bare Exception and BaseException are still allowed. This extension flags them as B902.
Using except without explicitly specifying which exceptions to catch is generally considered bad practice, since it catches system signals like SIGINT. You probably want to handle system interrupts differently than exceptions occurring in your code.
There are three methods to install python3-flake8-blind-except 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-flake8-blind-except 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-flake8-blind-except using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-flake8-blind-except
Install python3-flake8-blind-except Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-flake8-blind-except using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-flake8-blind-except
Install python3-flake8-blind-except 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-flake8-blind-except using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-flake8-blind-except
How To Uninstall python3-flake8-blind-except on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-flake8-blind-except package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-flake8-blind-except
Uninstall python3-flake8-blind-except And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-flake8-blind-except and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-flake8-blind-except
Remove python3-flake8-blind-except Configurations and Data
To remove python3-flake8-blind-except configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-flake8-blind-except
Remove python3-flake8-blind-except configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-flake8-blind-except configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-flake8-blind-except
Dependencies
python3-flake8-blind-except have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8-blind-except package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
