How To Install python3-gmpy2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-gmpy2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-gmpy2 is interfaces GMP to Python 3 for fast, unbound-precision computations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gmpy2 on Debian 10.

What is python3-gmpy2

python3-gmpy2 is:

gmpy is a C-coded Python extension module that wraps the GMP library to provide to Python code fast multiprecision arithmetic (integer, rational, and float), random number generation, advanced number-theoretical functions, and more.

This package installs Python 3 support for gmpy2.

There are three methods to install python3-gmpy2 on Debian 10. 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-gmpy2 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-gmpy2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gmpy2

Install python3-gmpy2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gmpy2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-gmpy2

Install python3-gmpy2 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-gmpy2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gmpy2

How To Uninstall python3-gmpy2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-gmpy2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-gmpy2

Uninstall python3-gmpy2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-gmpy2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gmpy2

Remove python3-gmpy2 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-gmpy2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gmpy2

Remove python3-gmpy2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-gmpy2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gmpy2

Dependencies

python3-gmpy2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gmpy2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.