How To Install python3-usb on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-usb on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-usb is USB interface for Python (Python3)

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.