How To Install python-fontconfig on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-fontconfig on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-fontconfig is python bindings for the Fontconfig library

Introduction

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

What is python-fontconfig

python-fontconfig is:

This package contains the extension built for the Python interpreter.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-fontconfig

Install python-fontconfig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fontconfig

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-fontconfig

How To Uninstall python-fontconfig on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-fontconfig

Uninstall python-fontconfig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fontconfig

Remove python-fontconfig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fontconfig

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-fontconfig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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