How To Install python3-icu on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-icu on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-icu is Python 3 extension wrapping the ICU C++ API

Introduction

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

What is python3-icu

python3-icu is:

ICU is a C++ and C library that provides robust and full-featured Unicode and locale support. This package provides an extension for Python 3 which wraps the ICU C++ API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-icu

Install python3-icu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-icu

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-icu

How To Uninstall python3-icu on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-icu

Uninstall python3-icu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-icu

Remove python3-icu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-icu

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-icu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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