How To Install python3-sword on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-sword on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-sword is Python 3 bindings for the SWORD bible library

Introduction

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

What is python3-sword

python3-sword is:

The SWORD Project is an open source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX etc.) API/library for Bible software with a constantly growing list of front-ends (GUI, textmode, web-based, etc.) and a library of over 200 text modules.

This package contains the Python 3 bindings for SWORD.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sword

Install python3-sword Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-sword

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sword

How To Uninstall python3-sword on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-sword

Uninstall python3-sword And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sword

Remove python3-sword Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sword

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-sword have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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