How To Install python-deap on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-deap on Debian 9.
What is python-deap
python-deap is:
DEAP is a novel evolutionary computation framework for rapid prototyping and testing of ideas. It seeks to make algorithms explicit and data structures transparent. It works in perfect harmony with parallelisation mechanism such as multiprocessing and SCOOP.
This package contains the modules for Python.
There are three methods to install python-deap 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-deap 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-deap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-deap
Install python-deap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-deap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-deap
Install python-deap 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-deap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-deap
How To Uninstall python-deap on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-deap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-deap
Uninstall python-deap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-deap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-deap
Remove python-deap Configurations and Data
To remove python-deap configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-deap
Remove python-deap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-deap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-deap
Dependencies
python-deap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-deap package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
