How To Install python3-zfpy on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-zfpy on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-zfpy is Python 3 bindings to the Fixed-Rate Compressed Floating-Point Arrays

Introduction

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

What is python3-zfpy

python3-zfpy is:

This is a compressed format for representing multidimensional floating-point and integer arrays. zfp provides compressed-array classes that support high throughput read and write random access to individual array elements. zfp also supports serial and parallel (OpenMP and CUDA) compression of whole arrays, e.g., for applications that read and write large data sets to and from disk.

This is a Python package of zfp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-zfpy

Install python3-zfpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-zfpy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-zfpy

How To Uninstall python3-zfpy on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-zfpy

Uninstall python3-zfpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-zfpy

Remove python3-zfpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-zfpy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-zfpy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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