How To Install python3-pkgconfig on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkgconfig
on Debian 11.
What is python3-pkgconfig
python3-pkgconfig is:
pkgconfig is a Python module to interface with the pkg-config command line tool and supports Python 3 It cabe used to: -Check if a package exists -Check if a package meets certain version requirements -Query CFLAGS and LDFLAGS -Parse the output to build extensions with setup.py
There are three methods to install python3-pkgconfig
on Debian 11. 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-pkgconfig 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-pkgconfig
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pkgconfig
Install python3-pkgconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pkgconfig
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pkgconfig
Install python3-pkgconfig 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-pkgconfig
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pkgconfig
How To Uninstall python3-pkgconfig on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-pkgconfig
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pkgconfig
Uninstall python3-pkgconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pkgconfig
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pkgconfig
Remove python3-pkgconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pkgconfig
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pkgconfig
Remove python3-pkgconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pkgconfig
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pkgconfig
Dependencies
python3-pkgconfig have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkgconfig
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.