How To Install dreampie on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dreampie on Debian 9. dreampie is advanced graphical interactive Python shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dreampie on Debian 9.

What is dreampie

dreampie is:

This Python shell permits one to work in a more productive way with Python interpreter providing features not yet implemented in standard Python IDE:

  • automatic completion of attributes and file names
  • display of function arguments and documentation
  • result history to execute a given code at a later time
  • history dump on HTML files for future reference
  • support for Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 3.1, Jython 2.5, IronPython 2.6

There are three methods to install dreampie on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dreampie Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dreampie using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dreampie

Install dreampie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dreampie using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dreampie

Install dreampie Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dreampie using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dreampie

How To Uninstall dreampie on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dreampie package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dreampie

Uninstall dreampie And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dreampie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dreampie

Remove dreampie Configurations and Data

To remove dreampie configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dreampie

Remove dreampie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dreampie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dreampie

Dependencies

dreampie have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dreampie package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.