How To Install python3-semantic-release on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-semantic-release on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-semantic-release is Automatic Semantic Versioning for Python projects

Introduction

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

What is python3-semantic-release

python3-semantic-release is:

Python implementation of ‘semantic-release’ for JS by Stephan B?nnemann.

The idea is to be able to detect what the next version of the project should be based on the commits. This tool will use that to automate the release, upload to an artifact repository and post changelogs to GitHub.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-semantic-release

Install python3-semantic-release Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-semantic-release

Install python3-semantic-release 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-semantic-release using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-semantic-release

How To Uninstall python3-semantic-release on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-semantic-release

Uninstall python3-semantic-release And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-semantic-release

Remove python3-semantic-release Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-semantic-release

Remove python3-semantic-release configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-semantic-release

Dependencies

python3-semantic-release have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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