How To Install python-numpydoc on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-numpydoc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-numpydoc is Sphinx extension to support docstrings in Numpy format – Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-numpydoc

python-numpydoc is:

This package defines several extensions for the Sphinx documentation system, shipped in the numpydoc Python package. In particular, these provide support for the Numpy docstring format in Sphinx.

This package provides the Python 2 version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-numpydoc

Install python-numpydoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-numpydoc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-numpydoc

How To Uninstall python-numpydoc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-numpydoc

Uninstall python-numpydoc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-numpydoc

Remove python-numpydoc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-numpydoc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-numpydoc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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