How To Install python-cssmin on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-cssmin on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-cssmin is YUI CSS compression algorithm (Python 2 version)

Introduction

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

What is python-cssmin

python-cssmin is:

cssmin is a Python port of the YUI Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) compressor. It can be used as a module from other Python programs, including as a filter for python-webassets bundles.

This package contains the Python 2 modules for cssmin. See the cssmin package for the command line tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cssmin

Install python-cssmin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cssmin

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cssmin

How To Uninstall python-cssmin on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cssmin

Uninstall python-cssmin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cssmin

Remove python-cssmin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cssmin

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cssmin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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