How To Install python-dirspec on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dirspec on Debian 9.
What is python-dirspec
python-dirspec is:
A library for handling the XDG Base Directory specification, and the XDG User Directories for music, videos, etc??
This package contains the Python 2.x version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-dirspec 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-dirspec 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-dirspec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dirspec
Install python-dirspec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dirspec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dirspec
Install python-dirspec 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-dirspec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dirspec
How To Uninstall python-dirspec on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-dirspec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dirspec
Uninstall python-dirspec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dirspec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dirspec
Remove python-dirspec Configurations and Data
To remove python-dirspec configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dirspec
Remove python-dirspec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dirspec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dirspec
Dependencies
python-dirspec have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dirspec package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
