How To Install python3-lxml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lxml on Debian 9.
What is python3-lxml
python3-lxml is:
lxml is a new Python binding for libxml2 and libxslt, completely independent from existing Python bindings. Its aim:
- Pythonic API.
- Documented.
- Use Python unicode strings in API.
- Safe (no segfaults).
- No manual memory management!
lxml aims to provide a Pythonic API by following as much as possible the ElementTree API, trying to avoid inventing too many new APIs, or the user’s having to learn new things – XML is complicated enough.
There are three methods to install python3-lxml on Debian 9. 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-lxml 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-lxml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-lxml
Install python3-lxml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-lxml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-lxml
Install python3-lxml 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-lxml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-lxml
How To Uninstall python3-lxml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-lxml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-lxml
Uninstall python3-lxml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-lxml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lxml
Remove python3-lxml Configurations and Data
To remove python3-lxml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lxml
Remove python3-lxml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-lxml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lxml
Dependencies
python3-lxml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lxml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.