How To Install python3-hdf5plugin on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-hdf5plugin on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-hdf5plugin is Python library to make HDF5 compression filters usable from h5py

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hdf5plugin on Debian 12.

What is python3-hdf5plugin

python3-hdf5plugin is:

hdf5plugin provides h5py extensions to control HDF5 compression filters plugins installed in the system.

The package supports providing options to:

  • blosc
  • bitshuffle
  • lz4
  • FCIDECOMP
  • ZFP
  • zstd

These filter plugins are not provided by this package and need to be installed using their own packages.

There are three methods to install python3-hdf5plugin 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-hdf5plugin 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-hdf5plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-hdf5plugin

Install python3-hdf5plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-hdf5plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-hdf5plugin

Install python3-hdf5plugin 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-hdf5plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-hdf5plugin

How To Uninstall python3-hdf5plugin on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-hdf5plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-hdf5plugin

Uninstall python3-hdf5plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-hdf5plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-hdf5plugin

Remove python3-hdf5plugin Configurations and Data

To remove python3-hdf5plugin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-hdf5plugin

Remove python3-hdf5plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-hdf5plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-hdf5plugin

Dependencies

python3-hdf5plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hdf5plugin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.