How To Install python3-skbuild on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-skbuild on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-skbuild is improved build system generator for Python C/C++/Fortran/Cython extensions

Introduction

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

What is python3-skbuild

python3-skbuild is:

Better support is available for additional compilers, build systems, cross compilation, and locating dependencies and determining their build requirements.

The scikit-build package is fundamentally just glue between the setuptools Python module and CMake.

This is Python 3 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-skbuild

Install python3-skbuild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-skbuild

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-skbuild

How To Uninstall python3-skbuild on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-skbuild

Uninstall python3-skbuild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-skbuild

Remove python3-skbuild Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-skbuild

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-skbuild have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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