How To Install python3-shellescape on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-shellescape on Debian 11.
What is python3-shellescape
python3-shellescape is:
This python3 library helps to escape a string to safely use it as a token in a shell command.
The shellescape Python module defines the shellescape.quote() function that returns a shell-escaped version of a Python string. This is a backport of the shlex.quote() function from Python 3.4.3 that makes it accessible to users of Python 3 versions < 3.3 and all Python 2.x versions.
There are three methods to install python3-shellescape 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-shellescape 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-shellescape using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-shellescape
Install python3-shellescape Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-shellescape using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-shellescape
Install python3-shellescape 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-shellescape using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-shellescape
How To Uninstall python3-shellescape on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-shellescape package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-shellescape
Uninstall python3-shellescape And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-shellescape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-shellescape
Remove python3-shellescape Configurations and Data
To remove python3-shellescape configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-shellescape
Remove python3-shellescape configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-shellescape configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-shellescape
Dependencies
python3-shellescape have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-shellescape package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
