How To Install python3-pysword on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-pysword on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-pysword is native Python reader module for the SWORD Project (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-pysword

python3-pysword is:

This project is not an official CrossWire project. It merely provides an alternative way to read the bible modules created by CrossWire’s SWORD project.

Features:

  • Read SWORD bibles (not commentaries etc.)
  • Detection of locally installed bible modules.
  • Supports all known SWORD module formats (ztext, ztext4, rawtext, rawtext4)
  • Read from zipped modules
  • Clean text of OSIS, GBF or ThML tags.

This package contains the Python 3 bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pysword

Install python3-pysword Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pysword

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pysword

How To Uninstall python3-pysword on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pysword

Uninstall python3-pysword And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pysword

Remove python3-pysword Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pysword

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pysword have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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