How To Install python-blockdiag on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-blockdiag on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-blockdiag is generate block-diagram image file from spec-text file

Introduction

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

What is python-blockdiag

python-blockdiag is:

Generate block-diagram from dot like text with multilingualization for node-label. But this supports utf-8 only. It is able to embed to sphinx with using python-sphinxcontrib-blockdiag.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-blockdiag

Install python-blockdiag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-blockdiag

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-blockdiag

How To Uninstall python-blockdiag on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-blockdiag

Uninstall python-blockdiag And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-blockdiag

Remove python-blockdiag Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-blockdiag

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-blockdiag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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