How To Install python3-tango on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-tango on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-tango is API for the TANGO control system (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-tango

python3-tango is:

TANGO is an object oriented distributed control system using CORBA, mainly developed by the Controls Section of the ALBA Synchrotron. PyTango provides bindings for its client- and server-side C++ APIs. With PyTango, you can write TANGO device servers and TANGO applications (scripts, CLIs, GUIs) that access TANGO device servers in pure Python.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tango

Install python3-tango Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-tango

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tango

How To Uninstall python3-tango on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-tango

Uninstall python3-tango And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tango

Remove python3-tango Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tango

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-tango have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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