How To Install python3-virtualenvwrapper on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-virtualenvwrapper on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-virtualenvwrapper is extension to virtualenv for managing multiple environments (Py3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-virtualenvwrapper

python3-virtualenvwrapper is:

virtualenvwrapper is a set of extensions to Ian Bicking’s virtualenv tool. The extensions include wrappers for creating and deleting virtual environments and otherwise managing your development workflow, making it easier to work on more than one project at a time without introducing conflicts in their dependencies.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-virtualenvwrapper

Install python3-virtualenvwrapper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-virtualenvwrapper

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-virtualenvwrapper

How To Uninstall python3-virtualenvwrapper on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-virtualenvwrapper

Uninstall python3-virtualenvwrapper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-virtualenvwrapper

Remove python3-virtualenvwrapper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-virtualenvwrapper

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-virtualenvwrapper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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