How To Install python-ldtp on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ldtp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ldtp is Python bindings for LDTP

Introduction

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

What is python-ldtp

python-ldtp is:

Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high quality test automation framework and cutting-edge tools that can be used to test GNU/Linux Desktop and improve it. It uses the Accessibility libraries to poke through the applications user interface.

This package provides a Python library for LDTP.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ldtp

Install python-ldtp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ldtp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ldtp

How To Uninstall python-ldtp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ldtp

Uninstall python-ldtp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ldtp

Remove python-ldtp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ldtp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-ldtp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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