How To Install python-odf-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-odf-tools on Debian 9.
What is python-odf-tools
python-odf-tools is:
Odfpy is a library to read and write OpenDocument v. 1.1 files. The main focus has been to prevent the programmer from creating invalid documents. It has checks that raise an exception if the programmer adds an invalid element, adds an attribute unknown to the grammar, forgets to add a required attribute or adds text to an element that doesn’t allow it.
These checks and the API itself were generated from the RelaxNG schema, and then hand-edited. Therefore the API is complete and can handle all ODF constructions.
There are three methods to install python-odf-tools 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-odf-tools 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-odf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-odf-tools
Install python-odf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-odf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-odf-tools
Install python-odf-tools 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-odf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-odf-tools
How To Uninstall python-odf-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-odf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-odf-tools
Uninstall python-odf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-odf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-odf-tools
Remove python-odf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove python-odf-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-odf-tools
Remove python-odf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-odf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-odf-tools
Dependencies
python-odf-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-odf-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
