How To Install python3-redis on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-redis on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-redis is Persistent key-value database with network interface (Python 3 library)

Introduction

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

What is python3-redis

python3-redis is:

Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.

The dataset is stored entirely in memory and periodically flushed to disk.

This package contains Python bindings to Redis.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-redis

Install python3-redis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-redis

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-redis

How To Uninstall python3-redis on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-redis

Uninstall python3-redis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-redis

Remove python3-redis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-redis

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-redis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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