How To Install python3-pyhcl on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-pyhcl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-pyhcl is HCL configuration parser for python

Introduction

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

What is python3-pyhcl

python3-pyhcl is:

This Python module implements a parser for HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language: https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl). This implementation aims to be compatible with the original golang version of the parser.

The grammar and many of the tests/fixtures were copied/ported from the golang parser into pyhcl.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyhcl

Install python3-pyhcl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pyhcl

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyhcl

How To Uninstall python3-pyhcl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pyhcl

Uninstall python3-pyhcl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyhcl

Remove python3-pyhcl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyhcl

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pyhcl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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