How To Install python3-gast on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-gast on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-gast is compatibility layer for the AST of various Python versions (Python3 version)

Introduction

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

What is python3-gast

python3-gast is:

Provides an homogeneous API over the Abstract Syntax Trees of various Python versions (including Python 2 and Python 3), which itself is compatible with the standard library “ast” module API.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gast

Install python3-gast Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-gast

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gast

How To Uninstall python3-gast on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-gast

Uninstall python3-gast And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gast

Remove python3-gast Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gast

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-gast have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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