How To Install python3-irc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-irc on Debian 11.
What is python3-irc
python3-irc is:
This library is intended to encapsulate the IRC protocol at a quite low level. It provides an event-driven IRC client framework. It has a fairly thorough support for the basic IRC protocol, CTCP and DCC connections.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-irc on Debian 11. 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-irc 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-irc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-irc
Install python3-irc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-irc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-irc
Install python3-irc 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-irc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-irc
How To Uninstall python3-irc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-irc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-irc
Uninstall python3-irc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-irc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-irc
Remove python3-irc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-irc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-irc
Remove python3-irc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-irc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-irc
Dependencies
python3-irc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-irc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.