How To Install python3-natsort on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-natsort on Debian 12.
What is python3-natsort
python3-natsort is:
natsort lets you apply natural sorting to your sequences easily, for example:
from natsort import natsorted a = [‘a2’, ‘a9’, ‘a1’, ‘a4’, ‘a10’] data = [[‘a1’, ‘a5’], [‘a1’, ‘a40’], [‘a10’, ‘a1’], [‘a2’, ‘a5’]] natsorted(a) [‘a1’, ‘a2’, ‘a4’, ‘a9’, ‘a10’ natsorted(data) [[‘a1’, ‘a5’], [‘a1’, ‘a40’], [‘a2’, ‘a5’], [‘a10’, ‘a1’]]
natsort identifies the numbers and sorts them separately from strings.
natsort comes with a shell script to use natural sorting in shell scripts. You can also execute natsort from the command line with Python -m natsort.
There exists another natural sorting package for Python called python-naturalsort. You may prefer that package if you wish to only sort version numbers.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-natsort 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-natsort 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-natsort using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-natsort
Install python3-natsort Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-natsort using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-natsort
Install python3-natsort 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-natsort using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-natsort
How To Uninstall python3-natsort on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-natsort package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-natsort
Uninstall python3-natsort And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-natsort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-natsort
Remove python3-natsort Configurations and Data
To remove python3-natsort configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-natsort
Remove python3-natsort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-natsort configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-natsort
Dependencies
python3-natsort have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-natsort package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
