How To Install python-egenix-mxtools on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-egenix-mxtools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-egenix-mxtools is collection of additional builtins for Python

Introduction

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

What is python-egenix-mxtools

python-egenix-mxtools is:

mxTools is a Python extension package that includes a collection of handy functions and objects giving additional functionality to the Python programmer in form of new builtins, extensions to the sys module and several other helpers as part of the package.

The package includes several functions which provide access to Python internals that would otherwise not be available.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-egenix-mxtools

Install python-egenix-mxtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-egenix-mxtools

Install python-egenix-mxtools 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-egenix-mxtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-egenix-mxtools

How To Uninstall python-egenix-mxtools on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-egenix-mxtools

Uninstall python-egenix-mxtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-egenix-mxtools

Remove python-egenix-mxtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-egenix-mxtools

Remove python-egenix-mxtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-egenix-mxtools

Dependencies

python-egenix-mxtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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