How To Install python-bibtexparser on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bibtexparser on Debian 9. python-bibtexparser is Python library to parse bibtex files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bibtexparser on Debian 9.

What is python-bibtexparser

python-bibtexparser is:

The bibtexparser module provides parsing and writing of BibTeX files functionality. The parsed data is returned as a simple BibDatabase object with the main attribute being entries representing bibliographic sources such as books and journal articles.

This is the Python 2 version of the package

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-bibtexparser

Install python-bibtexparser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-bibtexparser

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-bibtexparser

How To Uninstall python-bibtexparser on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-bibtexparser

Uninstall python-bibtexparser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-bibtexparser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bibtexparser

Remove python-bibtexparser Configurations and Data

To remove python-bibtexparser configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-bibtexparser

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-bibtexparser have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bibtexparser package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.