How To Install python3-i3ipc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-i3ipc on Debian 12.
What is python3-i3ipc
python3-i3ipc is:
i3ipc-python is a Python library for controlling the i3 and sway. This project is intended to be useful for general scripting, and for applications that interact with the window manager like status line generators, notification daemons, and window pagers.
There are three methods to install python3-i3ipc 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-i3ipc 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-i3ipc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-i3ipc
Install python3-i3ipc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-i3ipc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-i3ipc
Install python3-i3ipc 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-i3ipc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-i3ipc
How To Uninstall python3-i3ipc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-i3ipc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-i3ipc
Uninstall python3-i3ipc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-i3ipc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-i3ipc
Remove python3-i3ipc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-i3ipc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-i3ipc
Remove python3-i3ipc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-i3ipc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-i3ipc
Dependencies
python3-i3ipc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-i3ipc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
