How To Install python-elementtidy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-elementtidy on Debian 9.
What is python-elementtidy
python-elementtidy is:
The ElementTidy parser can read (almost) arbitrary HTML files, and turn them into well-formed element trees. This parser uses a library version of Dave Raggett’s HTML Tidy utility to fix any problems with the HTML before converting it to XHTML (the XML version of HTML).
There are three methods to install python-elementtidy 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-elementtidy 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-elementtidy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-elementtidy
Install python-elementtidy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-elementtidy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-elementtidy
Install python-elementtidy 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-elementtidy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-elementtidy
How To Uninstall python-elementtidy on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-elementtidy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-elementtidy
Uninstall python-elementtidy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-elementtidy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-elementtidy
Remove python-elementtidy Configurations and Data
To remove python-elementtidy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-elementtidy
Remove python-elementtidy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-elementtidy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-elementtidy
Dependencies
python-elementtidy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-elementtidy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
