How To Install python-csvkit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-csvkit on Debian 9.
What is python-csvkit
python-csvkit is:
csvkit is a suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.
It is inspired by pdftk, gdal and the original csvcut utility by Joe Germuska and Aaron Bycoffe.
The command-line tools are provided by the python3-csvkit package.
There are three methods to install python-csvkit 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-csvkit 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-csvkit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-csvkit
Install python-csvkit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-csvkit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-csvkit
Install python-csvkit 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-csvkit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-csvkit
How To Uninstall python-csvkit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-csvkit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-csvkit
Uninstall python-csvkit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-csvkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-csvkit
Remove python-csvkit Configurations and Data
To remove python-csvkit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-csvkit
Remove python-csvkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-csvkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-csvkit
Dependencies
python-csvkit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-csvkit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
