How To Install python3-rich-click on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-rich-click on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-rich-click is creating beautiful command line interfaces for Python3

Introduction

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

What is python3-rich-click

python3-rich-click is:

Format click help output nicely with Rich.

  • Click is a “Python package for creating beautiful command line interfaces”.
  • Rich is a “Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal”.

The intention of rich-click is to provide attractive help output from click, formatted with rich, with minimal customisation required.

Features

  • Rich command-line formatting of click help and error messages
  • Nice styles be default, usage is simply import rich_click as click
  • CLI tool to run on other people’s tools (prefix the command with rich-click)
  • Group commands and options into named panels
  • Well formatted error messages
  • Easily give custom sort order for options and commands
  • Extensive customisation of styling and behaviour possible

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rich-click

Install python3-rich-click Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rich-click

Install python3-rich-click 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-rich-click using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rich-click

How To Uninstall python3-rich-click on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rich-click

Uninstall python3-rich-click And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rich-click

Remove python3-rich-click Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rich-click

Remove python3-rich-click configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rich-click

Dependencies

python3-rich-click have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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