How To Install python-aggdraw on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-aggdraw on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-aggdraw is High quality drawing interface for PIL - Python 2.X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aggdraw on Debian 10.

What is python-aggdraw

python-aggdraw is:

The aggdraw module implements the basic WCK 2D Drawing Interface on top of the AGG library. This library provides high-quality drawing, with anti-aliasing and alpha compositing, while being fully compatible with the WCK renderer.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-aggdraw 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-aggdraw 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-aggdraw using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-aggdraw

Install python-aggdraw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-aggdraw

Install python-aggdraw 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-aggdraw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-aggdraw

How To Uninstall python-aggdraw on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-aggdraw package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-aggdraw

Uninstall python-aggdraw And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aggdraw

Remove python-aggdraw Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-aggdraw

Remove python-aggdraw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aggdraw

Dependencies

python-aggdraw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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