How To Install python-aalib on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aalib on Debian 10.
What is python-aalib
python-aalib is:
AAlib is a portable ASCII art graphics library. Internally, it works like a graphics display, but the output is rendered into ASCII text.
This package makes AAlib accessible in Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-aalib 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 python-aalib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-aalib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-aalib
Install python-aalib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-aalib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-aalib
Install python-aalib 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 python-aalib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-aalib
How To Uninstall python-aalib on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-aalib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-aalib
Uninstall python-aalib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-aalib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aalib
Remove python-aalib Configurations and Data
To remove python-aalib configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-aalib
Remove python-aalib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-aalib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aalib
Dependencies
python-aalib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aalib package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
