How To Install python-mpld3 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpld3 on Debian 9. python-mpld3 is D3 viewer for matplotlib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpld3 on Debian 9.

What is python-mpld3

python-mpld3 is:

mpld3 brings together Matplotlib, the popular Python-based graphing library, and D3js, the popular Javascript library for creating interactive data visualizations for the web. The result is a simple API for exporting your matplotlib graphics to HTML code which can be used within the browser, within standard web pages, blogs, or tools such as the IPython notebook.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-mpld3 on Debian 9. 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-mpld3 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-mpld3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-mpld3

Install python-mpld3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-mpld3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-mpld3

Install python-mpld3 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-mpld3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mpld3

How To Uninstall python-mpld3 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-mpld3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-mpld3

Uninstall python-mpld3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mpld3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mpld3

Remove python-mpld3 Configurations and Data

To remove python-mpld3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mpld3

Remove python-mpld3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-mpld3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mpld3

Dependencies

python-mpld3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpld3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.