How To Install python3-postgresql on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-postgresql on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-postgresql is pgsql driver, cluster management tools, and client tools

Introduction

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

What is python3-postgresql

python3-postgresql is:

py-postgresql is a python3 DB-API driver, including cluster management tools and client development tools. Written in pure Python 3 with optional optimizations written in C.

It provides support for protocol-level prepared statements, the COPY interface, arrays and composite types, and a console to run quick tests and simple scripts in PostgreSQL called pg_python.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-postgresql

Install python3-postgresql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-postgresql

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-postgresql

How To Uninstall python3-postgresql on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-postgresql

Uninstall python3-postgresql And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-postgresql

Remove python3-postgresql Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-postgresql

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-postgresql have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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