How To Install python3-icu on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-icu on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.