How To Install python-gphoto2cffi on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-gphoto2cffi on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-gphoto2cffi is GPhoto2 bindings with simpler API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gphoto2cffi on Debian 10.

What is python-gphoto2cffi

python-gphoto2cffi is:

Python bindings for libgphoto2 with an interface that strives to be idiomatic. In contrast to other bindings for Python, gphoto2-cffi hides most of the lower-level abstractions and reduces the API surface while still offering access to most of the library’s features.

There are three methods to install python-gphoto2cffi 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-gphoto2cffi 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-gphoto2cffi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-gphoto2cffi

Install python-gphoto2cffi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-gphoto2cffi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-gphoto2cffi

Install python-gphoto2cffi 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-gphoto2cffi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-gphoto2cffi

How To Uninstall python-gphoto2cffi on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-gphoto2cffi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-gphoto2cffi

Uninstall python-gphoto2cffi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-gphoto2cffi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gphoto2cffi

Remove python-gphoto2cffi Configurations and Data

To remove python-gphoto2cffi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-gphoto2cffi

Remove python-gphoto2cffi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-gphoto2cffi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gphoto2cffi

Dependencies

python-gphoto2cffi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gphoto2cffi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.