How To Install python3-grpc-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-grpc-tools on Debian 12.
What is python3-grpc-tools
python3-grpc-tools is:
gRPC is a modern open source high performance RPC framework. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checkin and authentication.
It is also applicable in last mile of distributed computing to connect devices, mobile applications and browsers to backend services.
This package installs the Protobuf code generator for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-grpc-tools 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-grpc-tools 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-grpc-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-grpc-tools
Install python3-grpc-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-grpc-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-grpc-tools
Install python3-grpc-tools 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-grpc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-grpc-tools
How To Uninstall python3-grpc-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-grpc-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-grpc-tools
Uninstall python3-grpc-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-grpc-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-grpc-tools
Remove python3-grpc-tools Configurations and Data
To remove python3-grpc-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-grpc-tools
Remove python3-grpc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-grpc-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-grpc-tools
Dependencies
python3-grpc-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-grpc-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
