How To Install gcc-python-plugin-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-python-plugin-doc on Debian 9.

What is gcc-python-plugin-doc

gcc-python-plugin-doc is:

The GCC Python plugin is a plugin for GCC, which links against libpython, and allows you to invoke arbitrary Python scripts from inside the compiler. The aim is to allow you to write GCC plugins in Python.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install gcc-python-plugin-doc 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 gcc-python-plugin-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-python-plugin-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-python-plugin-doc

Install gcc-python-plugin-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-python-plugin-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc-python-plugin-doc

Install gcc-python-plugin-doc 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 gcc-python-plugin-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc-python-plugin-doc

How To Uninstall gcc-python-plugin-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gcc-python-plugin-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc-python-plugin-doc

Uninstall gcc-python-plugin-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc-python-plugin-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-python-plugin-doc

Remove gcc-python-plugin-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gcc-python-plugin-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-python-plugin-doc

Remove gcc-python-plugin-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc-python-plugin-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-python-plugin-doc

Dependencies

gcc-python-plugin-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc

References

• gcc-python-plugin-doc website

Summary

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