How To Install python-mplexporter on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mplexporter on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mplexporter is general matplotlib exporter

Introduction

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

What is python-mplexporter

python-mplexporter is:

A Python module to export matplotlib graphs, e.g. for mpld3.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-mplexporter

Install python-mplexporter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mplexporter

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-mplexporter

How To Uninstall python-mplexporter on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-mplexporter

Uninstall python-mplexporter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mplexporter

Remove python-mplexporter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mplexporter

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-mplexporter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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