How To Install python3-toml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-toml on Debian 9. python3-toml is library for Toms Obvious, Minimal Language - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-toml

python3-toml is:

This package provides a Python module which parses and emits TOML. TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that’s easy to read due to obvious semantics. TOML is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table. TOML should be easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-toml

Install python3-toml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-toml

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-toml

How To Uninstall python3-toml on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-toml

Uninstall python3-toml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-toml

Remove python3-toml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-toml

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-toml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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