How To Install python3-immutabledict on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-immutabledict on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-immutabledict is immutable wrapper around dictionaries (fork of frozendict)

Introduction

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

What is python3-immutabledict

python3-immutabledict is:

Immutabledict implements the complete mapping interface and can be used as a drop-in replacement for dictionaries where immutability is desired. The immutabledict constructor mimics dict, and all of the expected interfaces (iter, len, repr, hash, getitem) are provided. Note that an immutabledict does not guarantee the immutability of its values, so the utility of hash method is restricted by usage.

The only difference is that the copy() method of immutable takes variable keyword arguments, which will be present as key/value pairs in the new, immutable copy.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-immutabledict

Install python3-immutabledict Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-immutabledict

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-immutabledict

How To Uninstall python3-immutabledict on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-immutabledict

Uninstall python3-immutabledict And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-immutabledict

Remove python3-immutabledict Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-immutabledict

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-immutabledict have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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