How to Install and Uninstall python2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "python2" package

This guide let you learn how to install python2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python2" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall python2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: python2
Source: python-defaults
Version: 2.7.16-1
Installed-Size: 136
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: python (<< 2.7.15-2), python-dev (<< 2.6.5-2)
Provides: python-ctypes, python-email, python-importlib, python-profiler, python-wsgiref
Depends: python2.7 (>= 2.7.16-1~), libpython2-stdlib (= 2.7.16-1)
Pre-Depends: python2-minimal (= 2.7.16-1)
Suggests: python2-doc (= 2.7.16-1), python-tk (>= 2.7.16-1~)
Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
Breaks: python (<< 2.7.15-2), update-manager-core (<< 0.200.5-2)
Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (Python2 version)
Description-md5: 8a23c719c291789e6e4e8971b03680c5
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: https://www.python.org/
Cnf-Extra-Commands: python2
Cnf-Priority-Bonus: 3
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/python-defaults/python2_2.7.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 41616
MD5sum: 02f7d78d3b6c41ec8d4eb8c1ededbaf2
SHA256: d412efde85b1bbdec65f7a4f4f3fc9754eb33b4712218d51eaaa8f6b950613e0