How To Install python3-pylibmc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylibmc on Debian 9.
What is python3-pylibmc
python3-pylibmc is:
Pylibmc is a Python wrapper around the accompanying C Python extension _pylibmc, which is a wrapper around libmemcached from TangentOrg. It also manages pooling in a multi-threading environment.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-pylibmc on Debian 9. 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-pylibmc 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-pylibmc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pylibmc
Install python3-pylibmc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pylibmc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pylibmc
Install python3-pylibmc 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-pylibmc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pylibmc
How To Uninstall python3-pylibmc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-pylibmc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pylibmc
Uninstall python3-pylibmc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pylibmc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pylibmc
Remove python3-pylibmc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pylibmc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pylibmc
Remove python3-pylibmc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pylibmc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pylibmc
Dependencies
python3-pylibmc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylibmc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.