How To Install mu-editor-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install mu-editor-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mu-editor-doc is simple editor for beginner Python programmers (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mu-editor-doc on Debian 10.

What is mu-editor-doc

mu-editor-doc is:

Mu is a simple code editor for beginner programmers, based on extensive feedback from teachers and learners. Having said that, Mu is for anyone who wants to use a simple “no frills” editor.

Mu is a modal editor with modes for:

  • standard Python 3 (including a graphical debugger)
  • the micro:bit’s version of MicroPython
  • Adafruit’s CircuitPython
  • Pygame Zero

Some of the modes make available a REPL (either running on the connected CircuitPython or MicroPython device, or as a Jupyter-based iPython session in Python3 mode).

This package contains the developer documentation for the Mu editor. Detailed user documentation and tutorials for the Mu editor are available from within the editor, or at https://codewith.mu

There are three methods to install mu-editor-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mu-editor-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 mu-editor-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mu-editor-doc

Install mu-editor-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mu-editor-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mu-editor-doc

Install mu-editor-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 mu-editor-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mu-editor-doc

How To Uninstall mu-editor-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mu-editor-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mu-editor-doc

Uninstall mu-editor-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mu-editor-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mu-editor-doc

Remove mu-editor-doc Configurations and Data

To remove mu-editor-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mu-editor-doc

Remove mu-editor-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mu-editor-doc

Dependencies

mu-editor-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mu-editor-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.