How To Install python3-usb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-usb on Debian 10.
What is python3-usb
python3-usb is:
For interacting with USB devices directly from Python, this library may come in handy.
This version of python-usb is written entirely in Python and uses ctypes to interact with various USB libraries
This package contains the Python 3 version of pyusb.
There are three methods to install python3-usb on Debian 10. 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-usb 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-usb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-usb
Install python3-usb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-usb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-usb
Install python3-usb 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-usb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-usb
How To Uninstall python3-usb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-usb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-usb
Uninstall python3-usb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-usb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-usb
Remove python3-usb Configurations and Data
To remove python3-usb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-usb
Remove python3-usb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-usb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-usb
Dependencies
python3-usb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-usb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.