How To Install python-binaryornot on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-binaryornot on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-binaryornot is check if a file is binary or text (Python 2 module)

Introduction

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

What is python-binaryornot

python-binaryornot is:

This Python package provides a function to check if a file is a text file or a binary file. It uses the same heuristic as file(1) by looking at the first 1024 bytes of the file and checks that all characters are printable.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-binaryornot

Install python-binaryornot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-binaryornot

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-binaryornot

How To Uninstall python-binaryornot on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-binaryornot

Uninstall python-binaryornot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-binaryornot

Remove python-binaryornot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-binaryornot

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-binaryornot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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