How To Install python-imageio on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-imageio on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-imageio is library for reading and writing image data (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-imageio

python-imageio is:

Imageio is a Python library that provides an easy interface to read and write a wide range of image data, including animated images, video, volumetric data, and scientific formats.

This package provides the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-imageio

Install python-imageio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-imageio

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-imageio

How To Uninstall python-imageio on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-imageio

Uninstall python-imageio And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-imageio

Remove python-imageio Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-imageio

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-imageio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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