How To Install pypy-appdirs on Debian 10

Learn how to install pypy-appdirs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pypy-appdirs is determining appropriate platform-specific directories (PyPy)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-appdirs on Debian 10.

What is pypy-appdirs

pypy-appdirs is:

Depending on your system (Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows), you have to use different directories for storing user data. appdirs will help you choose an appropriate:

  • user data directory (user_data_dir function)
  • user config directory (user_config_dir function)
  • user cache directory (user_cache_dir function)
  • site data directory (site_data_dir function)
  • site config directory (site_config_dir function)
  • user log directory (user_log_dir function)

On Linux systems, these function return directories based on the XDG Base Directory Specification.

This is the PyPy version of the package.

There are three methods to install pypy-appdirs 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 pypy-appdirs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pypy-appdirs

Install pypy-appdirs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pypy-appdirs

Install pypy-appdirs 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 pypy-appdirs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pypy-appdirs

How To Uninstall pypy-appdirs on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pypy-appdirs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pypy-appdirs

Uninstall pypy-appdirs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pypy-appdirs

Remove pypy-appdirs Configurations and Data

To remove pypy-appdirs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pypy-appdirs

Remove pypy-appdirs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pypy-appdirs

Dependencies

pypy-appdirs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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