How To Install python-biplist on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-biplist on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-biplist is Python 2 library for reading/writing Mac OS X binary plists

Introduction

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

What is python-biplist

python-biplist is:

biplist is a binary plist parser/generator for Python. Binary Property List (plist) files provide a faster and smaller serialization format for property lists on Mac OS X. This is a library for generating binary plists which can be read by Mac OS X, iOS, or other clients.

This package contains the Python 2 version of biplist.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-biplist

Install python-biplist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-biplist

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-biplist

How To Uninstall python-biplist on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-biplist

Uninstall python-biplist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-biplist

Remove python-biplist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-biplist

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-biplist have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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