How To Install python3-setuptools-rust on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-setuptools-rust on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-setuptools-rust is Setuptools Rust extension plugin

Introduction

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

What is python3-setuptools-rust

python3-setuptools-rust is:

setuptools-rust is a plugin for setuptools to build Rust Python extensions implemented with PyO3 or rust-cpython.

Compile and distribute Python extensions written in Rust as easily as if they were written in C.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-setuptools-rust

Install python3-setuptools-rust Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-setuptools-rust

Install python3-setuptools-rust 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-setuptools-rust using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-setuptools-rust

How To Uninstall python3-setuptools-rust on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-setuptools-rust

Uninstall python3-setuptools-rust And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-setuptools-rust

Remove python3-setuptools-rust Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-setuptools-rust

Remove python3-setuptools-rust configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-setuptools-rust

Dependencies

python3-setuptools-rust have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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