How To Install python3-hl7 on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-hl7 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-hl7 is Python3 library for parsing HL7 messages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hl7 on Debian 12.

What is python3-hl7

python3-hl7 is:

HL7 is a communication protocol and message format for health care data. It is the de-facto standard for transmitting data between clinical information systems and between clinical devices. The version 2.x series, which is often is a pipe delimited format is currently the most widely accepted version of HL7 (version 3.0 is an XML-based format). python-hl7 currently only parses HL7 version 2.x messages into an easy to access, list-based, data structure.

This package contains the Python3 API.

There are three methods to install python3-hl7 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-hl7 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-hl7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-hl7

Install python3-hl7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-hl7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-hl7

Install python3-hl7 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-hl7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-hl7

How To Uninstall python3-hl7 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-hl7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-hl7

Uninstall python3-hl7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-hl7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-hl7

Remove python3-hl7 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-hl7 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-hl7

Remove python3-hl7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-hl7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-hl7

Dependencies

python3-hl7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hl7 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.