How To Install python3-readability on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-readability on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-readability is Pulls the main body of HTML document and cleans it up

Introduction

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

What is python3-readability

python3-readability is:

Given an HTML document, it pulls out the main body text and cleans it up. The module extract the main content of an HTML document, separating meaningful content pertaining the subject from cruft like navigation links, ads, footnotes and sidebar content. This Python module is based off the arc90 ruby readability project.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-readability

Install python3-readability Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-readability

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-readability

How To Uninstall python3-readability on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-readability

Uninstall python3-readability And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-readability

Remove python3-readability Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-readability

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-readability have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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