How To Install python3-pipdeptree on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pipdeptree on Debian 12.
What is python3-pipdeptree
python3-pipdeptree is:
Pipdeptree is a command line utility for displaying the installed Python packages in form of a dependency tree. It works for packages installed globally on a machine as well as in a virtualenv. Since pip freeze shows all dependencies as a flat list, finding out which are the top level packages and which packages do they depend on requires some effort. It can also be tedious to resolve conflicting dependencies because pip doesn’t yet have true dependency resolution (more on this later). This utility tries to solve this problem.
To some extent, this tool is inspired by lein deps :tree command of Leiningen.
There are three methods to install python3-pipdeptree 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-pipdeptree 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-pipdeptree using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pipdeptree
Install python3-pipdeptree Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pipdeptree using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pipdeptree
Install python3-pipdeptree 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-pipdeptree using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pipdeptree
How To Uninstall python3-pipdeptree on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pipdeptree package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pipdeptree
Uninstall python3-pipdeptree And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pipdeptree and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pipdeptree
Remove python3-pipdeptree Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pipdeptree configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pipdeptree
Remove python3-pipdeptree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pipdeptree configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pipdeptree
Dependencies
python3-pipdeptree have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pipdeptree package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
