How To Install python3-slixmpp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slixmpp on Debian 9. python3-slixmpp is Threadless, event-based XMPP Python 3 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slixmpp on Debian 9.

What is python3-slixmpp

python3-slixmpp is:

Slixmpp is a (friendly) fork of SleekXMPP, which goal is to ??improve?? the core of the library by entirely removing all threads from the library and using an event-based approach instead.

Features of this library:

  • No threads. See http://blog.louiz.org/slixmpp. All parts of the API relying on threads are removed.
  • No support for Python < 3.4. This allows one to remove a lot of workaround and other hacks.
  • No backward compatibility with old SleekXMPP version. For example things like ??addHandler = add_handler?? are removed.

You should use this library only if you would prefer not to use threads in your application. If threads don??t really bother you, or if you need Python 2 support, then you should use SleekXMPP instead.

There are three methods to install python3-slixmpp on Debian 9. 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-slixmpp 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-slixmpp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-slixmpp

Install python3-slixmpp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-slixmpp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-slixmpp

How To Uninstall python3-slixmpp on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-slixmpp

Uninstall python3-slixmpp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-slixmpp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-slixmpp

Remove python3-slixmpp Configurations and Data

To remove python3-slixmpp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-slixmpp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-slixmpp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slixmpp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.