How To Install python3-lzo on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-lzo on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-lzo is Python bindings for the LZO data compression library (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-lzo

python3-lzo is:

This module provides Python bindings for the LZO data compression library.

LZO is a portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C. It offers pretty fast compression and very fast decompression. Decompression requires no memory.

In addition there are slower compression levels achieving a quite competitive compression ratio while still decompressing at

This package is for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-lzo

Install python3-lzo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-lzo

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-lzo

How To Uninstall python3-lzo on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-lzo

Uninstall python3-lzo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lzo

Remove python3-lzo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lzo

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-lzo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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