How To Install python3-software-properties on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-software-properties on Debian 9.
What is python3-software-properties
python3-software-properties is:
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.
This package contains the Python3 module.
There are three methods to install python3-software-properties 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-software-properties 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-software-properties using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-software-properties
Install python3-software-properties Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-software-properties using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-software-properties
Install python3-software-properties 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-software-properties using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-software-properties
How To Uninstall python3-software-properties on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-software-properties package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-software-properties
Uninstall python3-software-properties And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-software-properties and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-software-properties
Remove python3-software-properties Configurations and Data
To remove python3-software-properties configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-software-properties
Remove python3-software-properties configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-software-properties configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-software-properties
Dependencies
python3-software-properties have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-software-properties package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.