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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "python3-smbus" package

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

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

Package: python3-smbus
Source: i2c-tools (4.3-2)
Version: 4.3-2+b3
Installed-Size: 47
Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libi2c0 (>= 4.0), python3 (<< 3.12), python3 (>= 3.11~)
Recommends: i2c-tools
Description: Python 3 bindings for Linux SMBus access through i2c-dev
Description-md5: d071d438b1fd9be7d311228cabbc262f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools/
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/i2c-tools/python3-smbus_4.3-2+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 11788
MD5sum: 13f2f1c5070b0abb1ddd19ce0d096171
SHA256: ab4fe4ef40bd5711eb02c2022f28d528000667f72ccd6f8fa26239358ef972ba