How To Install python3-lunr on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lunr on Debian 12.
What is python3-lunr
python3-lunr is:
This package includes the Python version of Lunr.js aims to bring the simple and powerful full text search capabilities into Python guaranteeing results as close as the original implementation as possible.
Lunr is a simple full text search solution for situations where deploying a full scale solution like Elasticsearch isn’t possible, viable or you’re simply prototyping. Lunr parses a set of documents and creates an inverted index for quick full text searches in the same way other more complicated solution.
The trade-off is that Lunr keeps the inverted index in memory and requires you to recreate or read the index at the start of your application.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-lunr 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-lunr 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-lunr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-lunr
Install python3-lunr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-lunr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-lunr
Install python3-lunr 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-lunr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-lunr
How To Uninstall python3-lunr on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-lunr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-lunr
Uninstall python3-lunr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-lunr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lunr
Remove python3-lunr Configurations and Data
To remove python3-lunr configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lunr
Remove python3-lunr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-lunr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lunr
Dependencies
python3-lunr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lunr package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.