How to Install and Uninstall python-dev-is-python3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the python-dev-is-python3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "python-dev-is-python3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install python-dev-is-python3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-dev-is-python3" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python-dev-is-python3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 python-dev-is-python3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: python-dev-is-python3
Source: what-is-python (13)
Version: 3.11.1-3
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Replaces: python-dev, python-dev-is-python2, python-dev-is-python2-but-deprecated
Depends: python-is-python3 (= 3.11.1-3), python3-dev
Breaks: python-dev, python-dev-is-python2, python-dev-is-python2-but-deprecated
Description: symlinks /usr/bin/python-config to python3-config
Description-md5: 947714bff9934f3996d5c4b1f2bbd453
Multi-Arch: allowed
Cnf-Ignore-Commands: python-config
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/what-is-python/python-dev-is-python3_3.11.1-3_all.deb
Size: 1364
MD5sum: 6226feb9d8bcadf71c18316bb47e0852
SHA256: 526a22f102f52aeb5f03cb02b692e3a83a4afb936a85a34369a9e6b02856f422