.. _spkg_six:

six: Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities
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Description
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Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities

License
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MIT License


Upstream Contact
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- Author: Benjamin Peterson
- Home page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/

Dependencies
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Python

Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    1.16.0

install-requires.txt::

    six >=1.15.0


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install six


macports:
install the following packages: py-six

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install python3-six


void:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo xbps-install  python3-six


See https://repology.org/project/python:six/versions


However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see :trac:`29023`