How To Install python3-mysqldb on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-mysqldb on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-mysqldb is Python interface to MySQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mysqldb on Debian 10.

What is python3-mysqldb

python3-mysqldb is:

Mysqlclient is an interface to the popular MySQL database server for Python.

This is a fork of MySQLdb. It add Python 3.3 support and merges some pull requests.

This package contains modules for all Python 3.x versions supported in Debian.

There are three methods to install python3-mysqldb on Debian 10. 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-mysqldb 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-mysqldb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mysqldb

Install python3-mysqldb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-mysqldb

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mysqldb

How To Uninstall python3-mysqldb on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-mysqldb

Uninstall python3-mysqldb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mysqldb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mysqldb

Remove python3-mysqldb Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mysqldb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mysqldb

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-mysqldb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mysqldb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.