How To Install python3-isort on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-isort on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-isort is library for sorting Python imports (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-isort on Debian 10.

What is python3-isort

python3-isort is:

isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically, and automatically separated into sections. It provides a command line utility, Python library and plugins for various editors to quickly sort all your imports.

This package contains the isort library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-isort on Debian 10. 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-isort 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-isort using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-isort

Install python3-isort Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-isort

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-isort

How To Uninstall python3-isort on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-isort

Uninstall python3-isort And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-isort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-isort

Remove python3-isort Configurations and Data

To remove python3-isort configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-isort

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-isort have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-isort package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.