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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "python3-mecab" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install python3-mecab 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-mecab" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall python3-mecab 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-mecab package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: python3-mecab
Source: mecab (0.996-14)
Version: 0.996-14+b14
Installed-Size: 149
Maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), libstdc++6 (>= 5), python3 (<< 3.12), python3 (>= 3.11~), python3:any
Description: Mecab binding for Python3
Description-md5: 53463162703e0adc4a636412172ce840
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mecab/python3-mecab_0.996-14+b14_amd64.deb
Size: 34696
MD5sum: 36aa7b0af1374fa0f6687b80cd96de0d
SHA256: 26870f702b7264c61b5efbc2bc233e9296a30c95b1fefe6399a552be30c84df8