How To Install python-chameleon on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-chameleon on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-chameleon is XML-based template compiler

Introduction

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

What is python-chameleon

python-chameleon is:

Chameleon compiles templates to Python byte-code. It includes a complete implementation of the Zope Page Templates (ZPT) language.

The engine itself performs 10-15 times better than the reference implementation and real-world benchmarks show an overall performance improvement in complex applications of 30-50%.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-chameleon

Install python-chameleon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-chameleon

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-chameleon

How To Uninstall python-chameleon on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-chameleon

Uninstall python-chameleon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-chameleon

Remove python-chameleon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-chameleon

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-chameleon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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