How To Install python3-tinyalign on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tinyalign on Debian 12.
What is python3-tinyalign
python3-tinyalign is:
A small Python module providing edit distance (aka Levenshtein distance, that is, counting insertions, deletions and substitutions) and Hamming distance computation.
Its main purpose is to speed up computation of edit distance by allowing to specify a maximum number of differences maxdiff (banding). If that parameter is provided, the returned edit distance is anly accurate up to maxdiff. That is, if the actual edit distance is higher than maxdiff, a value larger than maxdiff is returned, but not necessarily the actual edit distance.
There are three methods to install python3-tinyalign 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-tinyalign 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-tinyalign using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-tinyalign
Install python3-tinyalign Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-tinyalign using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-tinyalign
Install python3-tinyalign 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-tinyalign using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-tinyalign
How To Uninstall python3-tinyalign on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-tinyalign package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-tinyalign
Uninstall python3-tinyalign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-tinyalign and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tinyalign
Remove python3-tinyalign Configurations and Data
To remove python3-tinyalign configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tinyalign
Remove python3-tinyalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-tinyalign configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-tinyalign
Dependencies
python3-tinyalign have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tinyalign package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.