How to Install and Uninstall python3-faiss Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

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1. Install "python3-faiss" package

Learn how to install python3-faiss on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall python3-faiss 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 python3-faiss package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: python3-faiss
Source: faiss (1.7.3-2)
Version: 1.7.3-2+b1
Installed-Size: 7952
Maintainer: Debian Deep Learning Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3 (<< 3.12), python3 (>= 3.11~), python3-numpy (>= 1:1.22.0), python3-numpy-abi9, python3:any, libblas3 | libblas.so.3, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgomp1 (>= 6), liblapack3 | liblapack.so.3, libstdc++6 (>= 12.2.0-12)
Description: Python 3 module for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors
Description-md5: 062b5a05cf9cbc3e8d534f65c5369b11
Homepage: https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/faiss/python3-faiss_1.7.3-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 1570664
MD5sum: 6e9977c80c27d8fa9d12f33cf8402375
SHA256: 9f36cc801660c41768142dd2b5e32bee6922064a2c16603dd4d7a42efa12ad40