How To Install python3-sentinels on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sentinels on Debian 11. python3-sentinels is Python module for sentinel objects (Python 3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sentinels on Debian 11.

What is python3-sentinels

python3-sentinels is:

Sentinels are objects with special meanings that can be passed as meaningful flags rather than special casing 0, None, -1, False etc. Sentinels can be thought of as singletons, but they service the need of having ‘special’ values in code,

This package contains the Python 3 version of the sentinels module.

There are three methods to install python3-sentinels on Debian 11. 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-sentinels 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-sentinels using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sentinels

Install python3-sentinels Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-sentinels

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sentinels

How To Uninstall python3-sentinels on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-sentinels

Uninstall python3-sentinels And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-sentinels and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sentinels

Remove python3-sentinels Configurations and Data

To remove python3-sentinels configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sentinels

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-sentinels have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sentinels package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.