How To Install python-colour on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-colour on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-colour is converts and manipulates various color representation - Python 2.X

Introduction

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

What is python-colour

python-colour is:

Converts and manipulates common color representation (RGB, HSL, web, …)

Features:

  • Damn simple and pythonic way to manipulate color representation
  • Full conversion between RGB, HSL, 6-digit hex, 3-digit hex, human color
  • One object (Color) or bunch of single purpose function (rgb2hex, hsl2rgb, …)
  • web format that use the smallest representation between 6-digit (e.g. #fa3b2c), 3-digit (e.g. #fbb), fully spelled color (e.g. white), following W3C color naming for compatible CSS or HTML color specifications.
  • smooth intuitive color scale generation choosing N color gradients.
  • can pick colors for you to identify objects of your application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-colour

Install python-colour Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-colour

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-colour

How To Uninstall python-colour on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-colour

Uninstall python-colour And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-colour

Remove python-colour Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-colour

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-colour have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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