How To Install python-pkgconfig on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pkgconfig on Debian 10.
What is python-pkgconfig
python-pkgconfig is:
pkgconfig is a Python module to interface with the pkg-config command line tool and supports Python 2.6+. It cabe used to: -Check if a package exists -Check if a package meets certain version requirements -Query CFLAGS and LDFLAGS -Parse the output to build extensions with setup.py
There are three methods to install python-pkgconfig 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-pkgconfig 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-pkgconfig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pkgconfig
Install python-pkgconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pkgconfig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pkgconfig
Install python-pkgconfig 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-pkgconfig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pkgconfig
How To Uninstall python-pkgconfig on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-pkgconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pkgconfig
Uninstall python-pkgconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pkgconfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pkgconfig
Remove python-pkgconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python-pkgconfig configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pkgconfig
Remove python-pkgconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pkgconfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pkgconfig
Dependencies
python-pkgconfig have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pkgconfig package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
