How To Install python3-pcbasic on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcbasic on Debian 12.
What is python3-pcbasic
python3-pcbasic is:
PC-BASIC is a free, cross-platform interpreter for GW-BASIC, Advanced BASIC (BASICA), PCjr Cartridge Basic and Tandy 1000 GWBASIC. It interprets these BASIC dialects with a high degree of accuracy, aiming for bug-for-bug compatibility. PC-BASIC emulates the most common video and audio hardware on which these BASICs used to run. PC-BASIC runs plain-text, tokenised and protected .BAS files. It implements floating-point arithmetic in the Microsoft Binary Format (MBF) and can therefore read and write binary data files created by GW-BASIC.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pcbasic 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-pcbasic 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-pcbasic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pcbasic
Install python3-pcbasic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pcbasic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pcbasic
Install python3-pcbasic 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-pcbasic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pcbasic
How To Uninstall python3-pcbasic on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pcbasic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pcbasic
Uninstall python3-pcbasic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pcbasic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pcbasic
Remove python3-pcbasic Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pcbasic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pcbasic
Remove python3-pcbasic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pcbasic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pcbasic
Dependencies
python3-pcbasic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcbasic package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
