How To Install python-dicttoxml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dicttoxml on Debian 9.
What is python-dicttoxml
python-dicttoxml is:
dicttoxml is a Python module for a Python dictionary or other native data type into a valid XML string.
Supports item (int, float, long, decimal.Decimal, bool, str, unicode, datetime, none and other number-like objects) and collection (list, set, tuple and dict, as well as iterable and dict-like objects) data types, with arbitrary nesting for the collections. Items with a datetime type are converted to ISO format strings. Items with a none type become empty XML elements.
There are three methods to install python-dicttoxml 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-dicttoxml 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-dicttoxml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dicttoxml
Install python-dicttoxml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dicttoxml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dicttoxml
Install python-dicttoxml 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-dicttoxml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dicttoxml
How To Uninstall python-dicttoxml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-dicttoxml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dicttoxml
Uninstall python-dicttoxml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dicttoxml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dicttoxml
Remove python-dicttoxml Configurations and Data
To remove python-dicttoxml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dicttoxml
Remove python-dicttoxml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dicttoxml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dicttoxml
Dependencies
python-dicttoxml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dicttoxml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
