How to Install and Uninstall python3-setuptools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "python3-setuptools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install python3-setuptools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python3-setuptools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall python3-setuptools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-setuptools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: python3-setuptools
Source: python-setuptools
Version: 40.8.0-1
Installed-Size: 1321
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-pkg-resources (= 40.8.0-1), python3-distutils, python3:any
Suggests: python-setuptools-doc
Description: Python3 Distutils Enhancements
Description-md5: 1ec9057b4c43c99ba7a78729ff0f8f1c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/python-setuptools/python3-setuptools_40.8.0-1_all.deb
Size: 305568
MD5sum: 79dd23a7214bcfe6af2616e21db68fe3
SHA256: cd4967dbdfbb59ca451c0717aedda9ed44b63d565d1eda661c12603ac7d44fb6