How To Install python3-pkginfo on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkginfo on Debian 12.
What is python3-pkginfo
python3-pkginfo is:
This package provides an API for querying the distutils metadata written in the PKG-INFO file inside a source distribution (an sdist), or into the EGG-INFO directory of an installed distribution.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library In addition, this package contains the ‘pkginfo’ executable
There are three methods to install python3-pkginfo 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-pkginfo 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-pkginfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pkginfo
Install python3-pkginfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pkginfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pkginfo
Install python3-pkginfo 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-pkginfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pkginfo
How To Uninstall python3-pkginfo on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pkginfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pkginfo
Uninstall python3-pkginfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pkginfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pkginfo
Remove python3-pkginfo Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pkginfo configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pkginfo
Remove python3-pkginfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pkginfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pkginfo
Dependencies
python3-pkginfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkginfo package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.