How To Install python3-polib on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-polib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-polib is Python 3 library to parse and manage gettext catalogs

Introduction

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

What is python3-polib

python3-polib is:

polib allows you to manipulate, create, modify gettext files (pot, po and mo files). You can load existing files, iterate through it’s entries, add, modify entries, comments or metadata, etc… or create new po files from scratch.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-polib

Install python3-polib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-polib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-polib

How To Uninstall python3-polib on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-polib

Uninstall python3-polib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-polib

Remove python3-polib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-polib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-polib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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