How To Install python3-kconfiglib on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-kconfiglib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-kconfiglib is Alternative Kconfig implementation (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-kconfiglib

python3-kconfiglib is:

Kconfiglib is a Kconfig implementation in Python. Kconfig is used for the Linux kernel configuration amongst others. This helper library can be used to configure a Kconfig software within a Python program.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-kconfiglib

Install python3-kconfiglib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-kconfiglib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-kconfiglib

How To Uninstall python3-kconfiglib on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-kconfiglib

Uninstall python3-kconfiglib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-kconfiglib

Remove python3-kconfiglib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-kconfiglib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-kconfiglib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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