How To Install python-exactimage on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-exactimage on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-exactimage is fast image manipulation library (Python bindings)

Introduction

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

What is python-exactimage

python-exactimage is:

ExactImage is a fast C++ image processing library. Unlike many other library frameworks it allows operation in several color spaces and bit depths natively, resulting in low memory and computational requirements.

This package contains the Python bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-exactimage

Install python-exactimage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-exactimage

Install python-exactimage 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-exactimage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-exactimage

How To Uninstall python-exactimage on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-exactimage

Uninstall python-exactimage And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-exactimage

Remove python-exactimage Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-exactimage

Remove python-exactimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-exactimage

Dependencies

python-exactimage have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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