How To Install python3-lexicon on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lexicon on Debian 12.
What is python3-lexicon
python3-lexicon is:
Lexicon provides a way to manipulate DNS records on multiple DNS providers in a standardized way. Lexicon was designed to be used in automation, specifically letsencrypt.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-lexicon 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-lexicon 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-lexicon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-lexicon
Install python3-lexicon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-lexicon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-lexicon
Install python3-lexicon 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-lexicon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-lexicon
How To Uninstall python3-lexicon on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-lexicon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-lexicon
Uninstall python3-lexicon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-lexicon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lexicon
Remove python3-lexicon Configurations and Data
To remove python3-lexicon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lexicon
Remove python3-lexicon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-lexicon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lexicon
Dependencies
python3-lexicon have the following dependencies:
- python3-bs4
- python3-cryptography
- python3-importlib-metadata
- python3-requests
- python3-tldextract
- python3-yaml
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lexicon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.