How To Install python-clips on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-clips on Debian 9.

What is python-clips

python-clips is:

CLIPS is an expert system shell / inference engine written by NASA (see Debian package clips).

pyclips are the Python bindings to that engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-clips

Install python-clips Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-clips

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-clips

How To Uninstall python-clips on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-clips

Uninstall python-clips And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-clips and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-clips

Remove python-clips Configurations and Data

To remove python-clips configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-clips

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-clips have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• python
• python
• python

References

• python-clips website

Summary

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