How To Install pypibrowser on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pypibrowser
on Debian 9.
What is pypibrowser
pypibrowser is:
PyPI Browser is a graphical user interface (GUI) tool for browsing the contents of the Python Package Index (PyPI). It queries the online Package Index server to retrieve information about the available packages.
It aims to make it easier for users to find and download useful Python software from a central repository. It provides facilities for searching the package index, can display information about individual packages, allows packages to be marked so that they can be downloaded together, and records information about existing packages so that new ones can be highlighted.
Be warned that the preferred way of installing Python modules in the Debian distribution is from the official python-* packages.
There are three methods to install pypibrowser
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 pypibrowser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pypibrowser
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pypibrowser
Install pypibrowser Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pypibrowser
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pypibrowser
Install pypibrowser 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 pypibrowser
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pypibrowser
How To Uninstall pypibrowser on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pypibrowser
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pypibrowser
Uninstall pypibrowser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pypibrowser
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pypibrowser
Remove pypibrowser Configurations and Data
To remove pypibrowser
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pypibrowser
Remove pypibrowser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pypibrowser
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pypibrowser
Dependencies
pypibrowser have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pypibrowser
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.