How To Install python3-memcache on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-memcache on Debian 11. python3-memcache is pure Python memcached client - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-memcache on Debian 11.

What is python3-memcache

python3-memcache is:

This software is a 100% Python interface to the memcached memory cache daemon. It is the client side software which allows storing values in one or more, possibly remote, memcached servers.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-memcache on Debian 11. 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-memcache 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-memcache using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-memcache

Install python3-memcache Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-memcache

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-memcache

How To Uninstall python3-memcache on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-memcache

Uninstall python3-memcache And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-memcache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-memcache

Remove python3-memcache Configurations and Data

To remove python3-memcache configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-memcache

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-memcache have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-memcache package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.