How To Install pythonpy on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythonpy
on Debian 11.
What is pythonpy
pythonpy is:
pythonpy is an utility that facilitates the usage of Python one-liners. The command ‘py’ evaluates a string consisting of any Python expression. It can do anything from simple arithmetic to complex operations, importing modules automatically. It also comes with tab completion.
Its usage is not restricted to single expressions only. There’s also the possibility to pipe data from stdin and to stdout, even generating strings to be evaluated by other programs.
There are three methods to install pythonpy
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pythonpy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pythonpy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pythonpy
Install pythonpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pythonpy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pythonpy
Install pythonpy 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 pythonpy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pythonpy
How To Uninstall pythonpy on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pythonpy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pythonpy
Uninstall pythonpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pythonpy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythonpy
Remove pythonpy Configurations and Data
To remove pythonpy
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pythonpy
Remove pythonpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pythonpy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pythonpy
Dependencies
pythonpy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythonpy
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.