How To Install python3-pdm on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-pdm on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-pdm is next generation Python package management tool

Introduction

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

What is python3-pdm

python3-pdm is:

PDM is meant to be a next generation Python package management tool. If you feel you are going well with Pipenv or Poetry and don’t want to introduce another package manager, just stick to it. But if you are missing something that is not present in those tools, you can probably find some goodness in pdm.

Highlights of features include:

  • Opt-in PEP 582 support, no virtualenv involved at all.
  • Simple and fast dependency resolver, mainly for large binary distributions.
  • A PEP 517 build backend.
  • PEP 621 project metadata.
  • Flexible and powerful plug-in system.
  • Versatile user scripts.
  • Opt-in centralized installation cache like pnpm.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pdm

Install python3-pdm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pdm

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pdm

How To Uninstall python3-pdm on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pdm

Uninstall python3-pdm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pdm

Remove python3-pdm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pdm

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pdm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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