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